Thanks for your suggestion... I upgraded to R.3.0.0 in 64-bit Windows 7 environment..
This time when I use file.link.. I get the following error message: 'Cannot create a file when that file already exists" And I don't see the link. The other function, file.copy, correctly copies to the target location. Still confuse with the error msges... Thanks, Santosh On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk>wrote: > On 03/05/2013 07:33, Santosh wrote: > >> Thanks for the suggestions. In windows (Windows 7, 64-bit), I couldn't >> get "file.symlink" to work, but "file.link" did return the result to be >> "TRUE" but at the target location, I did not see any link. >> >> Not sure I am missing anything more.. Hope it's nothing to do with >> administrator accounts and administrator rights... Is it something I >> should check with my system administrator? >> > > You may need to update your R: although the posting guide asked you to do > that before posting. There was a relevant bug fix in 2.15.3. > > >> Thanks, >> Santosh >> >> >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Prof Brian Ripley >> <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk <mailto:rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk>**> wrote: >> >> On 02/05/2013 19:50, Santosh wrote: >> >> Dear Rxperts.. >> Got a couple of quick q's.. >> I am using R in windows environment (both 32-bit and 64-bit) >> a) Is there a way to create symbolic links to some data files? >> >> >> See ?file.symlink. ??'symbolic link' should have got you there. >> >> Note that this is not very useful for files, but that is a Windows >> and not an R restriction. >> >> >> > b) How do I read data from symbolic links? >> >> The same ways you read data from files. >> >> >> Thanks so much.. >> Santosh >> >> >> >> -- >> Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk <mailto:rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> >> Professor of Applied Statistics, >> >> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~__**ripley/<http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~__ripley/> >> >> <http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~**ripley/<http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/> >> > >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 >> <tel:%2B44%201865%20272861> (self) >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 <tel:%2B44%201865%20272866> (PA) >> >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> <tel:%2B44%201865%20272595> >> >> ______________________________**__________________ >> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/_**_listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/__listinfo/r-help> >> >> >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >> http://www.R-project.org/__**posting-guide.html<http://www.R-project.org/__posting-guide.html> >> >> >> <http://www.R-project.org/**posting-guide.html<http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> >> > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > Professor of Applied Statistics, > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~**ripley/<http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/> > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
