[R] space in directory name

[Henrik Bengtsson]

FYI,

by using

library("R.utils");
pathname <- "C:\\Documents and Settings Administrator\\My
Documents\\My Dropbox\\data.txt";
pathname <- Arguments$getReadablePathname(pathname);
data1 <- read.table(pathname, sep="\t", header=TRUE);

you would get an explanation what is wrong and helps you troubleshoot, e.g.

Error in list(`Arguments$getReadablePathname(pathname)` = <environment>,  :
[2011-09-13 12:25:35] Exception: Pathname not found: C:/Documents and
Settings Administrator/My Documents/My Dropbox/data.txt (none of the
parent directories [C:/Documents and Settings Administrator/My
Documents/My Dropbox/] exist)

Another example:

pathname <- "C:\\Users\\All Users\\Documents\\NonExistingDir\\data.txt";
pathname <- Arguments$getReadablePathname(pathname);

Error in list(`Arguments$getReadablePathname(pathname)` = <environment>,  :
[2011-09-13 12:30:29] Exception: Pathname not found: C:/Users/All
Users/Documents/NonExistingDir/data.txt (C:/Users/All Users/Documents/
exists, but nothing beyond)

/Henrik

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Jean-Christophe BOUËTTÉ
<jcbouette at gmail.com> wrote:
> I suggest changing
> Documents and Settings Administrator
> to
> Documents and Settings\\Administrator
>
> ...
> JC
>
> 2011/9/13 dbonneau <daronnebonneau at gmail.com>:
>> Hi, I am trying to read a text file located in following paths. I am getting
>> error if I try to read from long directory..  But if I place the file right
>> under C, It runs fine. Could anyone tell me how to read table from following
>> directory path ?
>>
>> data1 <-read.table("C:\\Documents and Settings Administrator\\My
>> Documents\\My Dropbox\\data.txt", sep="\t", header=TRUE)
>> Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In file(file, "rt") :
>>  cannot open file 'C:\Documents and Settings Administrator\My Documents\My
>> Dropbox\data.txt': No such file or directory
>>> data1 <-read.table("C:\\data.txt",sep="\t",header=TRUE)
>>>
>>
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