[R] sink() output to another directory

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:

>> sink('stat-summaries/estacada-se-precip.txt')
>> print(summary(estacada_se_wx))
>> sink()
>>
>> while accepting:
>>
>> pdf('../images/rainfall-estacada-se.pdf')
>>   <snip xyplot() function>
>> plot(rain_est_se)
>> dev.off()
>>
>>    Changing the sink() file to
>> './stat-summaries/estacada-se-precip.txt'
>>
>> generates the same error
>
> "same error" as what? (ambiguity is the reason for not being able to
> help you - all the replies in this thread this far are correct and on
> the spot)
>
> BTW, not that it should matter, what is your operating system and version of R?

Henrik,

   As I wrote in earlier messages:

sink('stat-summaries/estacada-wnw-precip.txt')
print(summary(estacada_se_wx))
sink()

results in

24: sink('stat-summaries/estacada-wnw-precip.txt')
25: print(/
            ^
    Does not matter if I use single or double quotes.

   The message that print() doesn't like the forward slash results when I
specify 'stat-summaries/estacada-wnw-precip.txt' or
'./stat-summaries/estacada-wnw-precip.txt'.

   Running R-3.5.1 on Slackware-14.2.

Rich