I'm on Windows 7 (64-bit) and everything works perfectly. Obviously, there is either another process locking down a file with the same name or the directory doesn't exist at the time of the file() call.
Now to the most important question ...what's your sessionInfo()? /Henrik On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11-09-22 8:30 AM, Nick Sabbe wrote: >> >> Hi Duncan (and others). >> >> I've just turned off my virus scanner (MS Forefront Endpoint Protection). >> >> The issue persists. It appears that the first time I call R CMD check, it >> deletes the previous rcheck folder, but tries to proceed before it is >> actually gone. By the time I reissue the command, the folder is truly >> gone, >> and the R CMD check can safely do its work. >> >> Is anyone else here using Win7 (32bit) and successfully building/checking >> R >> packages? Perhaps I'm the only one who has treaded this path :-) > > I do use Win7 on one machine, and have seen odd things happen, but not what > you describe. > > I imagine a simple workaround for you would be to delete the folder before > you call R CMD check (i.e. wrap R CMD check in a batch file to do that), but > it would be nice if that were not necessary. > > Duncan Murdoch > >> >> >> Nick Sabbe >> -- >> ping: nick.sa...@ugent.be >> link: http://biomath.ugent.be >> wink: A1.056, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent >> ring: 09/264.59.36 >> >> -- Do Not Disapprove >> >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: donderdag 22 september 2011 14:20 >>> To: Nick Sabbe >>> Cc: r-devel@r-project.org >>> Subject: Re: [Rd] R CMD check file issues >>> >>> On 11-09-22 7:53 AM, Nick Sabbe wrote: >>>> >>>> This problem is likely to be specific to Windows, and particularly >>> >>> Win7. >>> >>> The symptoms sound like interference from an anti-virus checker. >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> After a successful build of a package (R CMD build addendum), I >>> >>> immediately >>>> >>>> run an R CMD check for the same package. >>>> >>>> Not always, but _very_ often, I get the following error: >>>> >>>> C:\Users\nisabbe\Documents\@Doctoraat\R>R CMD check addendum >>>> >>>> Loading required package: tcltk >>>> >>>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done >>>> >>>> Loading required package: Hmisc >>>> >>>> Loading required package: survival >>>> >>>> Loading required package: stats >>>> >>>> Loading required package: graphics >>>> >>>> Loading required package: splines >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Attaching package: 'Hmisc' >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:survival': >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> untangle.specials >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:base': >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> format.pval, round.POSIXt, trunc.POSIXt, units >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Loading required package: R2HTML >>>> >>>> Warning in file(filename, "wt") : >>>> >>>> cannot open file >>>> 'C:/Users/nisabbe/Documents/@Doctoraat/R/addendum.Rcheck/00ch >>>> >>>> eck.log': Permission denied >>>> >>>> Error in file(filename, "wt") : cannot open the connection >>>> >>>> Execution halted >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If, after this, I immediately reissue the R CMD check command, it >>> >>> works, >>>> >>>> without the error. >>>> >>>> I think this has something to do with how Win7 processes file >>> >>> handling >>>> >>>> (there are known issues even noticeable in windows explorer), but >>> >>> perhaps >>>> >>>> there is a way of circumventing this? It would be greatly >>> >>> appreciated, as >>>> >>>> this issue is preventing automation of build/check/install scripts. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Suggestions will be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Nick Sabbe >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ping: nick.sa...@ugent.be >>>> >>>> link:<http://biomath.ugent.be/> http://biomath.ugent.be >>>> >>>> wink: A1.056, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent >>>> >>>> ring: 09/264.59.36 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- Do Not Disapprove >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
