subject:"Re\: \[R\] write.csv permissions"

Re: [R] write.csv permissions

2012-05-27 Thread arun

Thanks Jeff,Michael for your replies. A.K. - Original Message - From: Jeff Newmiller To: arun ; R help Cc: Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [R] write.csv permissions It is bad practice to do ANYTHING in R as the root user, except possibly install libraries. This is

Re: [R] write.csv permissions

2012-05-27 Thread Jeff Newmiller

It is bad practice to do ANYTHING in R as the root user, except possibly install libraries. This is true for any real work in any application in general... root is only for installing software or modifying the system configuration. The very fact that you are doing analysis in R and saving resu

Re: [R] write.csv permissions

2012-05-27 Thread R. Michael Weylandt

Take a look at ?Sys.chmod -- I haven't used it myself, but it does seem to be what your looking for and, in particular, the default ("777") seems to be what you want. Michael On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:36 AM, arun wrote: > Dear R help, > > I have a doubt regarding the write.csv function. When I