[R] increase memory

[Henrik Bengtsson]

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:11 AM, azam jaafari <azamjaafari at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear All
>
> Pleas help me to increase the memory in R.
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> In order increase memory, I read the FAQ and follow the instruction as below
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> Close R, then right-click on your R program icon (the icon on your desktop or in your programs directory). Select ``Properties'', and then select the ``Shortcut'' tab. Look for the ``Target'' field and after the closing quotes around the location of the R executible, add
>  --max-mem-size=500M
> It does not work.
>
> When I add the --max-mem-size=500M in Target field. There is error like as below:
> “The name "C:\Program Files\R\R-2.11.0\bin\Rgui.exe"--max-mem-size=500M specified in the Target box is not valid”

You need a space between

"C:\Program Files\R\R-2.11.0\bin\Rgui.exe"

and

--max-mem-size=500M

The first is the application that Windows calls, and then following
parts are options that Windows pass to that application.  Without the
space, Windows things all of it is the application to be called.

/H
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> I use R2.11.0. in window vista with 3Gb RAM.
>
> Have a nice day
>
> Azam
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