Hi, > update.packages(ask='graphics')
gives me multiple warning (one per updated package?) similar to ... Warning: unable to move temporary installation '\\Server02\stats\R\library\2.10\file3de56e0d\locfit' to '\\Server02\stats\R\library\2.10\locfit' The final, updated, folders do not end up where they should be. I can move them 'by hand', but it is an inconvenience. Checking the archives I find http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/Rhelp08/2008-April/160963.html where Prof Ripley opines "The issue appears to be that your OS is garbling file names", and it surely does seem to be a filename problem - in combination R and Windows don't seem to be handling the '//server/share' path construction. I have: > .libPaths() [1] "//Server02/stats/R/library/2.10" "//Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library" I can work around by mapping a drive letter to the '//server/share', but prefer not to (for local reasons). In CHANGES.R-2.10.1pat I find CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.7.2 patched o dir.create(recursive = TRUE) was not working on //server/share paths. In CHANGES.R-2.11.0dev I find CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.11.0 NEW FEATURES o file.rename() can work across volumes (by copy-and-delete) In another R function I've hit a similar problem and solved it using the construction: file.path(dirname(x), basename(x)) to convert '//server/share' to (printed as) '\\\\server/share' which worked in that function. In this case: > file.path(dirname(.libPaths()), basename(.libPaths())) [1] "\\\\Server02/stats/R/library/2.10" "\\\\Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library" which looks OK but > .libPaths(file.path(dirname(.libPaths()), basename(.libPaths()))) > .libPaths() [1] "//Server02/stats/R/library/2.10" "//Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library" doesn't actually change the internal paths. I don't see the problem in V2.9.2 . I do see the problem in V2.10.1, V2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-24 r51030) V2.11.0 Under development (unstable) (2010-01-24 r51030) Grateful for any suggestions, Keith Jewell ----------------------------------------------------- Version: platform = i386-pc-mingw32 arch = i386 os = mingw32 system = i386, mingw32 status = Patched major = 2 minor = 10.1 year = 2010 month = 01 day = 24 svn rev = 51030 language = R version.string = R version 2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-24 r51030) Windows Server 2003 x64 (build 3790) Service Pack 2 Locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252 Search Path: .GlobalEnv, package:stats, package:graphics, package:grDevices, package:utils, package:datasets, package:methods, Autoloads, package:base ______________________________________________ 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.
