First I think you should have 'ls(' instead of 'is('.  Second, your standard
input if from the Test.R file so you scan won't be reading from the
console.  Here is what I got when I changed 'is' to 'ls':


/cygdrive/c/progra~1/r/r-2.4.1/bin: ./rterm --no-save <c:/test.r

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> rm(list=ls(all=TRUE))
> cat("Enter file name")
Enter file name> fn<-scan(what="")
1: Read 0 items
>
/cygdrive/c/progra~1/r/r-2.4.1/bin:

You can see that nothing as read and the 'Enter file name' was there.
On 3/14/07, John Schuenemeyer <jackswsc@beyondbb.com> wrote:
>
> A simple example follows.  The file is called Test.R
> # Example
> rm(list=is(all=TRUE))
> cat("Enter file name")
> fn<-scan(what="")
>
> I execute the following:
> @C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-2.4.1\bin\Rterm.exe --no-restore --no-save < Test.R >
> Rout.txt
>
> I do not see the "Enter file name" or have the opportunity to enter the
> file name.  I am running R in windows XP.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> John H Schuenemeyer
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