@Stephen Sorry, Duncan's right, it is likely not a protected/hidden file issue. At the risk of nuking the fridge, you could also open an elevated command prompt then navigate to the relevant directory and delete the file:
> cd C:\Users\satimis > del .RData > exit Probably too much trouble for deleting a single file, but handy if you want to do a lot (e.g., all files with the *.RData extension or...). The new PowerShell is starting to grow on me too (it seems wider), but I am not as familiar with the commands. Josh On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This is likely a "feature" of Windows Explorer....certain types of >> files are hidden by default (like those that start with "."). > > That's not true: it's Unix ls that hides filenames starting with a ".". > Windows Explorer does hide some files, but I don't think it is ever based > on the name, it's based on the attributes. > > What Windows Explorer does that is incredibly stupid is that (by default) it > hides file extensions for known file types. Generally ".RData" will be > registered as a known file type. Exporer will cut off the ".RData" part the > name of a file with that extension, and only show the first part of the > name. Since the file ".RData" has no starting part of a name, it will be > listed with a blank name. > > What you should do (and what Microsoft should set the default to) is to turn > off this bad policy of listing filenames incorrectly. I don't remember how > to do it in Windows 7 or Vista, but on XP, here's how: > > Go into Explorer in some folder. > > Click on the "Tools" menu, then the "Folder Options..." choice. > > Choose the View tab. > > About 10 choices down within Files and Folders, you'll see "Hide Extensions > for Known File Types". Make sure this is *not* checked. @Duncan You're right, as usual. I mixed Windows and Linux. Changing the setting for extensions is basically as you described on my Windows 7 except I have to hit the left alt for Windows Explorer to even show the file menu where I can click on Tools -> Folder Options (maybe just my configuration). Does .RData get registered by default but not .Rhistory? (since Stephen reported seeing the .Rhistory file). > > If you're sane, you'll then click on the button "Apply to all folders", but > you might just want to click on "OK" to try it out on one folder first. > > Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ 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.
