On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Erich Studerus
<erich.stude...@bli.uzh.ch>wrote:
> Thanks again. It finally worked after copying the Sweave.sh file to a path
> that contains no spaces. Is there a special command for windows specific
> path names with spaces?
>
> Erich
>
Use the 8.3 filename. From the MSDOS cmd window,
you can type
dir filename /x
and you will get both the long name (possibly with embedded blanks) and the
8.3 short name.
C:\>dir /x prog*
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 1CD3-C69F
Directory of C:\
04/28/2010 12:02 AM <DIR> PROGRA~1 Program Files
0 File(s) 0 bytes
1 Dir(s) 20,621,336,576 bytes free
C:\>dir /x progra~1/R
Invalid switch - "R".
C:\>dir /x progra~1\R
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 1CD3-C69F
Directory of C:\progra~1\R
04/22/2010 08:56 PM <DIR> .
04/22/2010 08:56 PM <DIR> ..
02/23/2010 12:20 AM <DIR> R-210~1.1 R-2.10.1
04/22/2010 08:59 PM <DIR> R-211~1.0 R-2.11.0
0 File(s) 0 bytes
4 Dir(s) 20,621,332,480 bytes free
C:\>
The 8.3 name is constant on any machine. It may vary across machines.
Rich
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