[R] Error in normalizePath(path) : with McAfee

[Erin Hodgess]

For what it's worth:

I turned off the "Real time file scanning" and everything worked fine.

This is using McAfee anti-virus software.

Thanks,
Erin


On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:15 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 9, 2010, at 13:52 , Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
>> On 09/09/2010 12:01 AM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
>>> Dear R People:
>>> I keep getting the "Error in normalizePath(path) :"  while trying to
>>> obtain the necessary packages to use with the "Applied Spatial
>>> Statistics with R" book.
>>> I turned off the Firewall (from McAfee) but am still getting the same message.
>>> Does anyone have any idea on a solution please?
>>
>> I think you need to show us your code and the error in context.
>
> Maybe not... We have been here before, and if I remember correctly, the issue is not the firewall, but antivirus software messing with temp directories. (As I understand it, it goes "I see you have created a new directory, now let me put that in a safe place while I check it for malware. Oh, you were still using it? Too bad." Sort of like grabbing someone's new cup while they are trying to pour milk into it....)
>
> Check back issues of R-help for details of the earlier incidents.
>
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>>> sessionInfo()
>>> R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31)
>>> i386-pc-mingw32
>>> locale:
>>> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
>>> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
>>> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
>>> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
>>> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>> other attached packages:
>>> [1] ctv_0.6-0
>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>> [1] tools_2.11.1
>>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Erin
>>>
>>
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Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com