the following diff to the shell script invoking R prints an error
message if R terminates with an error code:
112c112,119
< exec sh "${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" "${@}" ;;
---
> sh "${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" "${@}"
> rc="$?"
> if [ "$rc" -ne 0 ]; then
> shift ;
> echo "${@}: Error Return Code: $rc"
> fi
> exit $?
> ;;
regards,
/iaw