Hi Jeff, You are absolutely right. In all the mess, I forgot that my Rserve was started by a different user! Sometimes it's the simplest solution, isn't it? Thanks a lot.
-Prasad -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Horner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:14 PM To: Patil, Prasad Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] 'system' command through Rserve This probably has to do with your ssh configuration and nothing to do with R. How are you starting Rserve? Is it run with the same user privileges as when you run R manually? Best, Jeff Patil, Prasad wrote on 07/31/2008 02:51 PM: > Hello, > > > > I've installed an Rserve instance on a remote server. I have no problem > interfacing with it and running most commands. I have loaded some R > scripts on the remote server, and one of them contains a system command > to copy a file (created by the script) onto another server. When I run > the script on the remote server itself, the script works as I intend: it > creates a .csv file and uses scp to copy it onto another server. When I > run the script remotely (through an Rconnection in Java), the .csv is > created but the file is not copied onto the other server. Is there any > reason why a system command would work when called locally but not when > called remotely? > > > > The format is as follows: > > > > # create array > > > > write.csv(array, "array.csv") > > > > system("scp /{path}/array.csv {remote server}:/{path2}") > > > > Again, the script works correctly when run through R on the remote > server, but when I run it through Rserve, everything works except for > the 'system' command. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Prasad > > > [[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. -- http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/JeffreyHorner ______________________________________________ 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.
