[R] Help from DOS Command Prompt
Prof Brian Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Tue Jul 24 08:56:31 CEST 2012
On 24/07/2012 07:10, Pascal Oettli wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If you want to do it, you can add "R.exe" in you "Path" variable. Go to
> "Advanced System Settings", then "Environment Variables". But I'm not
> sure whether it is the best way to use R under Windows.
The documentation says to put the *path to* Rterm.exe in your PATH variable.
R.exe is only provided for compatibility with other platforms.
And BTW, this is the Windows Command Prompt: R does not run under 'DOS'.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Le 24/07/2012 13:53, goss a écrit :
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am new to R.
>> I downloaded and installed R 2.15.1
>>
>> I tried typing R.exe --help at the DOS Command line C:\", but I keep
>> receiving:
>> [quote]
>> R.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command
>> [/quote]
>>
>> I tried many variations of R.exe --help, but roughly the same response
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> thx
>> w
>>
>>
>>
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