[R] Permission denied in Windows 7

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 8 Jun 2011, steven mosher wrote:

> I'm using package.skeleton()  windows 7, 64 bit.
>
> When I try to specify the code_files
>
> package_skeleton(....code_files = "  some directory")
>
> I get a warning that that the connection cannot be opened and
> I get a Permissions denied error.

Which connection?  Please copy-and-paste exactly what you did and 
what the output was.

> I'm running R as admin and I've given everybody full permissions on the
> folder.
>
> What am I missing

There can be more to that on Windows 7.  Is it read-only, for example?
One thing which often catches users of POSIX operating systems (like 
me) is that read-only files are also no-delete files.

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