Full_Name: Jens Oehlschlägel Version: 2.5.1 OS: Windows Submission from: (NULL) (62.159.183.42)
Even when specifying the full path, the output of fc is not sent to R (neither shown nor returned). For example > system('c:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\fc.exe /?',intern=TRUE) character(0) When I do the same from python 2.3, I get >>> import os >>> os.system("c:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\fc /?") Compares two files or sets of files and displays the differences between them FC [/A] [/C] [/L] [/LBn] [/N] [/OFF[LINE]] [/T] [/U] [/W] [/nnnn] [drive1:][path1]filename1 [drive2:][path2]filename2 FC /B [drive1:][path1]filename1 [drive2:][path2]filename2 /A Displays only first and last lines for each set of differences. /B Performs a binary comparison. /C Disregards the case of letters. /L Compares files as ASCII text. /LBn Sets the maximum consecutive mismatches to the specified number of lines. /N Displays the line numbers on an ASCII comparison. /OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set. /T Does not expand tabs to spaces. /U Compare files as UNICODE text files. /W Compresses white space (tabs and spaces) for comparison. /nnnn Specifies the number of consecutive lines that must match after a mismatch. [drive1:][path1]filename1 Specifies the first file or set of files to compare. [drive2:][path2]filename2 Specifies the second file or set of files to compare. -1 > version _ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 2 minor 5.1 year 2007 month 06 day 27 svn rev 42083 language R version.string R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27) ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel