Just got it right.... please ignore the previous posting... It worked! Prof Ripley made my day!! :) THANK YOU!
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Santosh <santosh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
