Re: [R] system() and system2() functions

2010-11-02 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 02.11.2010 15:16, Ralph Olsson wrote: Hello, I help to maintain a moderate library of R code. In this code we have a number of calls to the system function along the lines of: exe_output = system("./executable.exe",intern=T) We tend to prefer system() over shell() because, provided t

[R] system() and system2() functions

2010-11-02 Thread Ralph Olsson
Hello, I help to maintain a moderate library of R code. In this code we have a number of calls to the system function along the lines of: exe_output = system("./executable.exe",intern=T) We tend to prefer system() over shell() because, provided the executable has been compiled and the work