Re: [R] system/system2 command

2010-12-19 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 17/12/2010 4:36 PM, Jeff Breiwick wrote: All, I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R under Win XP: system("cmd.exe", wait=FALSE, invisible=FALSE). This does not work with R 2.12.1 - I get a window that briefly flashes open but then disappears. Does anyone know t

Re: [R] system/system2 command

2010-12-18 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > Gabor Grothendieck wrote: >> >> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Breiwick >> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>> >>> I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R >>> under >>> Win XP: >>> system("cmd.exe", wait=FALSE, invis

Re: [R] system/system2 command

2010-12-18 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Gabor Grothendieck wrote: On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Breiwick wrote: All, I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R under Win XP: system("cmd.exe", wait=FALSE, invisible=FALSE). This does not work with R 2.12.1 - I get a window that briefly flashes open b

Re: [R] system/system2 command

2010-12-17 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Breiwick wrote: > All, > > I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R under > Win XP: > system("cmd.exe", wait=FALSE, invisible=FALSE). > > This does not work with R 2.12.1 - I get a window that briefly flashes open > but then disappe