[R] write.csv permissions

[arun]

Thanks Jeff,Michael for your replies.

A.K.



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From: Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us>
To: arun <smartpink111 at yahoo.com>; R help <r-help at r-project.org>
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Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [R] write.csv permissions

It is bad practice to do ANYTHING in R as the root user, except possibly install libraries.  This is true for any real work in any application in general... root is only for installing software or modifying the system configuration. The very fact that you are doing analysis in R and saving results is part of your problem... files created by that user are by default not readable by other users.
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arun <smartpink111 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Dear R help,
>
>I have a doubt regarding the write.csv function.  When I save a file
>(write.csv(res1,"res1.csv")), it is saving with the read-only
>permission.  I tried to change the permission as a root user with chmod
>u+x.  Though, it says that "-rwxr--r--  1 root root     164 2012-05-27
>10:18 res1.csv", when I open the file it is still read-only.  Is there
>any way to save the file with no restrictions on permission?  I use the
>R  console as a root user (sudo R).
>
>Thanking you,
>A.K.
>
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