If you want to have R available under command prompt you need to add the R executable to the PATH environmental variable doing this (On Windows XP and it is similar on Vista or 7): start> right click on My Computer > Choose properties > Advanced > Envonment variables > Under system variables choose Path and click EDIT > on variable value at the end of it add ;C:\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin
Click OK. And you are done. The C:\Program Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin is the place you have the R executables which you can find from explorer. After that your can call R from command prompt like R CMD BATCH e.g Good luck Caveman On 6/29/11, Michael Sumner <mdsum...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Robert Baer <rb...@atsu.edu> wrote: >> Subject: Re: [R] Running R from windows command prompt >> > <snip> >> ------------------- >> Actually, you can 'cut and paste' from at Windows Cmd prompt. It is done >> by >> clicking the >> C: icon in the upper left of the command window, choosing edit, and 'copy' >> or 'paste' >> as desired. >> > > Or shortcut to the Edit menu by right-click in the window. > > It is copying out that is weirdest, and worth knowing I think: > Edit/Mark, then select the text and press Enter to copy it to the > clipboard. > > Cheers, Mike. > >> Rob >> >> HTH >> _____________________________________________________ >> >> Arun Kumar Saha, FRM >> QUANTITATIVE RISK AND HEDGE CONSULTING SPECIALIST >> Visit me at: http://in.linkedin.com/in/ArunFRM >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Michael Sumner > Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania > Hobart, Australia > e-mail: mdsum...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
