On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, MacQueen, Don wrote:
I'm using list.files() on my home directory, like this:
crnt.files <- list.files(dir.to.check, full.names=TRUE, all.files=TRUE,
recursive=TRUE)
With dir.to.check set to the full path to my home directory.
After a while I get:
Error in list.files(dir.to.check, full.names = TRUE, all.files = TRUE, :
'translateCharUTF8' must be called on a CHARSXP
This happens on one of my two machines, not the other.
Presumably there is a "file" somewhere in my home directory that, well,
isn't a file?
Or maybe has some strange character in its file name? That maybe isn't
valid in my LOCALE?
Your guesses are wrong: this indicates internal corruption in R.
I would appreciate some advice on how to find this "file" so I can get rid
of it, or rename it, or something.
Also, does this message possibly represent a problem that the R developers
should pay attention to? I'm not sure.
They would need a reproducible example. There is something odd,
though: Mac OS X is not usually providing a C locale, nor in a C
locale would translateCharUTF8 be called. Does this happen if you set
a standard Mac (UTF-8) locale?
Thanks
-Don
sessionInfo()
R version 2.12.1 (2010-12-16)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
locale:
[1] C
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
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