[R] Automating R script with Windows 7

[Ista Zahn]

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:47 PM, vincent.deluard
<vincentdeluardr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Please disregard my earlier post -- I have done some research and realized
> the space between after "program " was the the issue. I can now open
> RScript.exe from the command prompt using the abbreviated form:
>
> C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-2.11.1\bin\RScript.exe
>
> >From your earlier post, I understand the structure to type in the command
> prompt should be:
> 'Path to RScript.exe' SPACE 'Path to the .R file I want to execute'
>
> Which should translate as the following on my machine:
> C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-2.11.1\bin\RScript.exe
> \C:\Users\Vincent\Documents\temp\test.r
> Yet I get the following error message:
> 'Fatal Error: cannot open file \C:\Users\Vincent\Documents\temp\test.r'

I don't think you want the first backslash in the test.r path, i.e.,
it should be C:\Users\Vincent\Documents\temp\test.r instead of
\C:\Users\Vincent\Documents\temp\test.r

Best,
Ista

>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
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