[R-SIG-Mac] Finding "bash" and "mv" on my hard drive?

[Bert Gunter]

As a minor note, Sys.which is vectorized, so
    Sys.which(c("bash", "mv"))
will do.


Bert Gunter

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On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 3:20 PM Bob Rudis <bob using rud.is> wrote:

> R does not ship bash or bin with the program distribution on macOS. It
> uses the ones that come along for the ride with the system (which will
> be interesting when Apple removes bash completely in 10.16).
>
> If you've used MacPorts or Homebrew, you may have installed version of
> those shells/tools there which R is picking up.
>
> This:
>
>     sapply(c("bash", "mv"), Sys.which)
>
> should tell you where R is picking up those binaries.
>
> -boB
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 6:01 PM Spencer Graves
> <spencer.graves using prodsyse.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> >
> >        How can I find the version of "bash" and "mv" that are used by "R
> > CMD check" under macOS 10.15.2 Catalina?
> >
> >
> >        I ask, because my "Bitdefender for Mac" has been interrupting "R
> > CMD check" for a couple of years now, saying, "Bitdefender Safe Files
> > blocked a new process, bash, from accessing your protected files."  Each
> > time it happens, Bitdefender allows me to tell it to "Remember this
> > action:  For 5 minutes" or "For this time only" or to "Keep blocking".
> > Their "Safe Files" feature allows me to give access to certain
> > applications.  I've already "allowed" 36 different applications using
> > that feature, including "/bin/bash", "/bin/mv",
> > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.6/Resources/exec/R", and two
> > different versions of "git".  I'm not sure, but I believe that "R CMD
> > check" uses versions of "bash" and "mv" different from "/bin/bash" and
> > "/bin/mv".
> >
> >
> >        Thanks,
> >        Spencer Graves
> >
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