# fails, throws same error
df2 <- readxl::read_excel("Z:/Stat tools/addrlist-4-MikeL.xls", 2) # works
-Original Message-
From: Martin Maechler [mailto:maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch]
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:37 PM
To: Evan Cortens
Cc: Laviolette, Michael; r-
The packages "readxl" and "haven" (and possibly others) no longer access files
on shared network drives. The problem appears to be in the normalizePath()
function. The file can be read from a local drive or by functions that don't
call normalizePath(). The error thrown is
Error: path[1]="\\Hznd
