On Jun 6, 2012, at 6:16 AM, Arathy Ram wrote: > Hello all, > I was trying to compile a simple C program hello.c using R CMD SHLIB > hello.c. > MY R software residing in C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.0, and also I have > downloaded the Rtools 2.15.0 and it is in C:\Rtools, MY file(hello.c) is in > E:\R_dir. > I have followed the procedures given below > 1. In a new CMD.exe window I have set the path as > > c:\ Rtools\bin; C:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.0\bin > > 2. I have changed the directory to E:\ where my file(hello.c) is residing > E:\>cd \R_dir > then I have given the command like this > E:\>cd \R_dir> R CMD SHLIB hello.c > Then I am getting the following message > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: E:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/etc/ > i386/Makeconf > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: > /cygdrive/e/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/etc/i386/Makeconf > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this > warning. > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > Even though I have gone through several discussions in the same topic I am > not able to resolve my problem. It would be a great help if somebody knows > what exactly the problem and its solution and favorable suggestions.
There is no problem in what you posted - all you posted is merely a note from cygwin that it prefers different path style, but it's perfectly ok and doesn't affect anything. So what exactly is the problem you're having? Cheers, Simon ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
