Since you are already on emacs, try using ESS. I am pretty sure we do that. http://ess.r-project.org
Please follow up on the ESS mailing ess-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Rich On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Erik Shilts <erik.shi...@opower.com> wrote: >> I run R on a remote UNIX server where the data are stored that I ssh into >> through Emacs, while I store my R scripts on local Windows network drives. >> So far this arrangement hasn't been a problem, though now I'd like to use >> source() or a similar function to include other R scripts to get a better >> handle on my process management. Is this possible when running R remotely? >> When I try to use source() it tells me that the file doesn't exist since >> it's looking for it on the UNIX servers. >> >> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks! > > Sounds like a file sharing problem rather than an R problem - ideas > that pop into my head include: > > * mounting the Windows drives on the Unix box - this requires sharing > them out in Windows, and being able to run smbmount on the unix box. > > * get rsync for Windows (maybe install cygwin and get a bunch of > useful Unixy tools for Windows) and use that to efficiently copy from > one machine to the other. But that relies on you remembering to sync > and making sure you dont sync the wrong way. Because then you'll be > sunk. > > * there may be implementations of NFS on Windows, which mean you > could NFS-mount the Unix drives on your Windows box - but I've always > found those things to be a bit flaky. > > The two options involving mounting will require cooperation of your > superuser... > > Barry > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.