Hello, Using R for Windows, I am able to use the shell function :
R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) -- "Good Sport" Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) ... ... > shell() Error in shell() : argument "cmd" is missing, with no default But, on Linux, it isn't found. R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) -- "Good Sport" Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) ... ... > shell() Error: could not find function "shell" Other base functions are found, though. > plot() Error in xy.coords(x, y, xlabel, ylabel, log) : argument "x" is missing, with no default > sum() [1] 0 Both of these were new R sessions. What should I do now ? Both of the installations were done by me, but on the Linux server, even the system-wide installation of R maintained by the IT administrator doesn't have it. ~$ /usr/bin/R R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26) -- "Trick or Treat" Copyright (C) 2012 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 Platform: i486-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit) ... ... > shell() Error: could not find function "shell" What should I do now ? -------------------------------------- Dario Strbenac PhD Student University of Sydney Camperdown NSW 2050 Australia ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
