On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Simone Giannerini <sgianner...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear Tomas, >> >> thank you for fixing the bug, I still do not find it mentioned in the >> changelog though (neither R-patched nor R-devel),
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rpatched.html has a link to https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/NEWS.R-3.5.0patched.html that mentions it: * Allow file argument of Rscript to include space even when it is first on the command line. /Henrik >> also, see inline below >> >> On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 11:36 PM, Tomas Kalibera <tomas.kalib...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> I don't have an opinion if this requires 3.5.1 to be released soon(er), >>> but I have ported to R-patched now. The bug existed in R-devel for a year >>> without being spotted, which is quite a long time - but it may be these >>> bugs are hard to find before release, because people testing and using an >>> unreleased version of R would not use space in file names. As apparently >>> users of released versions do, we should do better about testing, perhaps >>> test regularly with space in path names on a system that supports it. I >>> think normal regression tests should not depend on such support. >>> >>> In either case, I would recommend users to avoid space in file names to >>> be safe. >> >> >> note that sometimes users have little or no control over this. For >> instance, the bug broke the RManager interface between R, knitr and Winedt >> since Winedt installs itself and its data in directories with spaces in the >> filename/path and RManager calls are something of the kind >> >> Rscript.exe "%b\Exec\R\Knitr.R" filename.Rnw >> >> where %b is the local Winedt directory that by default has spaces in its >> path. Before you suggested the workaround I had to convert manually the >> paths to the dos 8.3 format in order to make it work again. >> >> Ciao, >> >> Simone >> >> >>> One known problem is that some packages will not build when RHOME has >>> space in its name (on Windows, this is not a problem on drives with short >>> file names supported, but that is not always the case) - CRAN is now >>> checking the most common source of this issue, but there may be more. >>> >>> Tomas >>> >>> >>> >>> On 04/28/2018 07:23 PM, Yihui Xie wrote: >>> >>>> It seems the fix has not been ported to the patched version of R on >>>> Windows yet. I just tested R version 3.5.0 Patched (2018-04-27 >>>> r74667). >>>> >>>> IMHO this bug is so bad that it is worth a new release R 3.5.1 before >>>> it starts biting more users like this one >>>> https://stackoverflow.com/q/50077412/559676. BTW, although the bug has >>>> been fixed (https://github.com/wch/r-source/commit/c29f694), I think >>>> it will be even better if a corresponding test is added at the same >>>> time to prevent this from happening again in the future. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Yihui >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 7:03 AM, Kerry Jackson <kerry.jack...@ipsos.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Tomas, >>>>> >>>>> I confirm the R Under development (unstable) (2018-04-26 r74651) >>>>> version works for Rscript when the file name has a space, and no arguments >>>>> are specified. >>>>> >>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-devel\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo bar.R" >>>>> R Under development (unstable) (2018-04-26 r74651) >>>>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) >>>>> Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1 >>>>> >>>>> Matrix products: default >>>>> >>>>> locale: >>>>> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 >>>>> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 >>>>> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 >>>>> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C >>>>> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 >>>>> >>>>> attached base packages: >>>>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>>>> >>>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>>>> [1] compiler_3.6.0 >>>>> >>>>> C:\> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Tomas Kalibera [mailto:tomas.kalib...@gmail.com] >>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 10:22 AM >>>>> To: Kerry Jackson <kerry.jack...@ipsos.com> >>>>> Cc: r-devel@r-project.org >>>>> Subject: Re: [Rd] Bug in RScript.exe for 3.5.0 >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, actually this is because the snapshot build is still one >>>>> version behind (74642, the fix is in 74643). When I build my own installer >>>>> and install it seems to be working fine. Sorry for the confusion, >>>>> >>>>> Tomas >>>>> >>>>> On 04/26/2018 02:49 PM, Kerry Jackson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Tomas, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the info about the binary builds; I did install it, however >>>>>> the bug still seems to be there in the current build. The workaround you >>>>>> suggested does work: >>>>>> >>>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-devel\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo bar.R" >>>>>> Fatal error: cannot open file 'C:\foo': No such file or directory >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-devel\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" --vanilla "C:\foo >>>>>> bar.R" >>>>>> What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9? >>>>>> C:\> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Tomas Kalibera [mailto:tomas.kalib...@gmail.com] >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:35 AM >>>>>> To: Kerry Jackson <kerry.jack...@ipsos.com>; r-devel@r-project.org >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rd] Bug in RScript.exe for 3.5.0 >>>>>> >>>>>> On 04/26/2018 02:23 PM, Kerry Jackson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Tomas. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I confirm the quick workaround works for me in the DOS prompt, and >>>>>>> when having a shortcut to RScript in SendTo, and when used in the Task >>>>>>> Scheduler. I have not tested the R-devel version, due to my >>>>>>> unfamiliarity >>>>>>> with installing from source code. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, Kerry. >>>>>> >>>>>> There are binary builds for daily snapshots of R-devel >>>>>> (development/unstable version of R) at >>>>>> https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html >>>>>> >>>>>> At this time the build should already have the fix. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best >>>>>> Tomas >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Tomas Kalibera [mailto:tomas.kalib...@gmail.com] >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 6:34 AM >>>>>>> To: Kerry Jackson <kerry.jack...@ipsos.com>; r-devel@r-project.org >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rd] Bug in RScript.exe for 3.5.0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Fixed in R-devel. I will port to R-patched after more testing. >>>>>>> Tomas >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 04/26/2018 01:52 AM, Tomas Kalibera wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for the report. A quick workaround before this gets fixed is >>>>>>>> to add an extra first argument that has no space in it, e.g. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rscript --vanilla "foo bar.R" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The problem exists on all systems, not just Windows. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best >>>>>>>> Tomas >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 04/25/2018 09:55 PM, Kerry Jackson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi R Developers, >>>>>>>>> I have found what I think is a bug in the RScript.exe in version >>>>>>>>> 3.5.0 of R for Windows. >>>>>>>>> When I call Rscript.exe for Version 3.5 of R, it is unable to open >>>>>>>>> the file if the file name or path has a space in it. >>>>>>>>> As an example of what happens, I saved 2 files with the code: >>>>>>>>> cat("What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9?") as C:\foo bar.R and >>>>>>>>> as C:\foo_bar.R When I in a DOS command window try to run these >>>>>>>>> using version 3.4.3 and 3.5: >>>>>>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo bar.R" >>>>>>>>> What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9? >>>>>>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo_bar.R" >>>>>>>>> What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9? >>>>>>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.5.0\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo bar.R" >>>>>>>>> Fatal error: cannot open file 'C:\foo': No such file or directory >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.5.0\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo_bar.R" >>>>>>>>> What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9? >>>>>>>>> C:\> >>>>>>>>> When I try to run the file with a space in the name in version >>>>>>>>> 3.5.0 of R, there is a fatal error saying there is no such file. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Kerry Jackson >>>>>>>>> Job title: Senior Account Manager, Ipsos Connect US RA Testing GMU >>>>>>>>> Phone: (203) 840-3443 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> [[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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> _________________________________________________________________ >> >> PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A >> Theme issue ‘DNA as information >> <http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/dna-information>’ >> edited by Julyan H.E. 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