Thanks for the responses. Here is the command I used and the error message I got.
> system("c:\\program files\\sas institute\\v8\\sas.exe test") Warning message: c:\program not found if I change "program files" to "progra~1" then the output is: > system("c:\\progra~1\\sas institute\\v8\\sas.exe test") Warning message: c:\progra~1\sas not found I don't know how to change the folder name "sas institute" to let R reads it. Can someone help me with this? The strange thing is that if I type in the command "c:\\progra~1\\sas institute\\v8\\sas.exe test" in dos environment, it didn't work, either. I will appreciate very much if someone can help a bit. Thanks. David -----Original Message----- From: Don MacQueen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:38 AM To: Shin, David; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] Call SAS from R How does it not work? Do you get error messages? Nothing at all? (it's difficult to help without more specific information, so this is a good time to suggest reading the posting guide: http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html) What happens if you try to run that exact command outside of R? Does it work? -Don At 10:22 AM -0500 8/24/05, Shin, David wrote: >Hi All, > >I am new to post question on this list. I apologize if this question is too >easy or irrelevant. > >I am doing a simulation study and I need to read a data file that can be >easily read by SAS. >So, what I try to do is to execute SAS in R and then read the output of SAS >to R. > >I try the following code but it didn't work. >system("c:\\program files\\sas institute\\v8\\sas.exe test") > >can anyone give me some help with this? >Thanks. > >Davoid > > >*************************************************************************** * >This email may contain confidential material. >If you were not an intended recipient, >Please notify the sender and delete all copies. >We may monitor email to and from our network. >*************************************************************************** * > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html -- -------------------------------------- Don MacQueen Environmental Protection Department Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA, USA -------------------------------------- **************************************************************************** This email may contain confidential material.\ If you were n...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html