You probably want to use the source() command in R. R CMD BATCH is used from the command line - it's rare that people use it (unless they really know what they are doing).
/Henrik On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Manuj Sharma <smanuj1...@yahoo.in> wrote: > I tried to use BATCH command to run an input file (a simple text file) which > contained a few R commands. > > I first saw the BATCH help page using > > ?BATCH > > The help page mentioned the Usage as: > Batch Execution of RR CMD BATCH [options] infile [outfile] > > The Detailed section mentioned the following: > > Use R CMD BATCH --help to be reminded of the usage. > > My input file is called batchchk, which contains the following R commands: > ls() > ox <- read.table("rev_full_idle.out", header=TRUE) > ov <- ox$Times > length(ov) > summary(ov) > > I loaded the utils library (probably it is loaded by default): > > library(utils) > > I ran the following commands and got the indicated errors: > > > BATCH batchchk > Error: unexpected symbol in "BATCH batchchk" > > > R CMD BATCH batchchk > Error: unexpected symbol in "R CMD" > > > R CMD BATCH --help > Error: unexpected symbol in "R CMD" > > > BATCH --help > Error: object 'BATCH' not found > > Can somebody please point out where I am going wrong? > > Thanks in advance, > > Manuj > > > > > > > Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. > http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ > [[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. > > ______________________________________________ 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.