Hi, 

The connection to Bloomberg fails with the following error.....

> library(RBloomberg)
Loading required package: rJava
> conn <- blpConnect()
R version 2.13.0 (2011-04-13) 
rJava Version 0.9-0 
RBloomberg Version 0.4-148 
Java environment initialized successfully.
Looking for most recent blpapi3.jar file...
Adding C:\blp\API\APIv3\JavaAPI\v3.4.1.3\lib\blpapi3.jar to Java
classpath
Error in .jnew("org/findata/blpwrapper/Connection", java.log.level) : 
  java.io.IOException: Couldn't get lock for
%h/org.findata.blpwrapper.%g.log

Using Filemon from systernals I have figured out that this is due to the
user not having access to the location where R attempts to write the log
file....

\\nyc-fs1\home$\jnieves\org.findata.blpwrapper.0.log.33.lck ACCESS
DENIED

We use Windows DFS (Distributed File System) which is a way of
standardizing file system paths across our organization. We redirect
c:\documents and settings\jnieves to a DFS path which resolves to
\\nyc-fs1\home$\jnieves\My Documents\ ...therefore the location
\\nyc-fs1\home$\jnieves is inaccessible. IS it possible to change the
location that rBloomberg attempts to write the org.findata.blpwrapper.
log file?

Jorge Nieves



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