[R] how to run system command

[William Dunlap]

> system("cmd.exe /c date /T", intern=TRUE)
[1] "Tue 03/06/2012 "

Bill Dunlap
Spotfire, TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com 

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> i used it on windows system, but giving error like
> 
> > e <- system("date", intern=TRUE)
> Error in system("date", intern = TRUE) : 'date' not found
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