[R] system() under windows [x] but not with Mac

[David Winsemius]

On May 20, 2012, at 6:49 PM, barb wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
> i am kind of confused. Under windows the system() function works  
> great, but
> not with my mac.
>  I have two questions:
>
> 1) What do i have to change. Using packages which require system or
> eval(parse() everything is fine, but
> when i try it myself "sh: cmd: command not found"
> Under windows i use e.g system('cmd /c copy "bild.jpg"',intern=FALSE )

There is no 'cmd' system function in MacOSX.

system("cp q.csv q2.csv")  # succeeds in making a copy of an existing  
file in the working directory

>
> 2) I really love the Hmisc/latex function and want to be able to do it
> myself.
>    How could i save a text in my notepad as name.txt

I do not understand what the problem is. What is meant by "do it"?  
What is the "notepad"?
>


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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT