?system On 12/11/2007, at 2:28 PM, Christian Salas wrote:
> Is it possible to run a linux syntax (i.e. like i was at a linux > terminal) from an R code? > > Just one example: > Let say that I have an R code with > > hist(rnorm(100)) > dev.copy2eps(file="Dnormal.eps") > > and then within the same R code, i want to convert the file > 'Dnormal.eps' to 'Dnormal.pdf'. This can be achieved using at the > linux > terminal > %epstopdf Dnormal.eps > > but i do not know how to include this within the R script, any ideas? > > I know that i can also save the plot (within R) using pdf(), but I > want > to save the same plot as eps and pdf, without having to reproduce the > code for the plot (in this case the plot is easy, but not always is > like > that) > > I want to do this to compile later a document using pdflatex (uses pdf > figures) or latex (uses eps figures). Again, I know that i can also > compile (in latex) the document to dvi, and then to ps, and then to > pdf, > with this i do not need pdf figures, but i prefer to use pdflatex > sometimes. > > > Thanks for the help > > christian > > Ps; Operative system used: Linux (Ubuntu-linux 7.10) > R operative system: linux-gnu > R version: R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27) > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ###################################################################### Attention:\ This e-mail message is privileged and confid...{{dropped:9}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
