This is a basic Windows system administrator problem, asked by a Linux guy who is helping out in a Windows lab.
I want to keep R packages up to date on MS Windows 7 with a job in the "Task Scheduler". I have an R program that I can run (as administrator) that updates the existing packages and then installs all the new ones. I do not understand how to run that in a dependable way in the scheduler. If I put the update script "R-update.R" in, for example, in C:\Program Files\R\R-update.R Then what? Do I need a CMD batch script to run the R script? I can't tell where Windows wants to write the standard output and error for my R job. And while I'm asking, does Windows care if I run R CMD BATCH C:\Program Files\R\R-update.R or R --vanilla -f C:\Program Files\R\R-update.R pj -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science Assoc. Director 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 Center for Research Methods University of Kansas University of Kansas http://pj.freefaculty.org http://quant.ku.edu ______________________________________________ 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.
