This is much easier in R-devel: just use message() and scan("stdin").
gannet% cat Test.R message("Enter file name: ", appendLF=FALSE) fn <- scan("stdin", what="", n=1) works for me in R-devel via R --vanilla -f Test.R > Rout.txt I believe it also works under Windows. On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, John Schuenemeyer wrote: > A simple example follows. The file is called Test.R > # Example > rm(list=is(all=TRUE)) > cat("Enter file name") > fn<-scan(what="") > > I execute the following: > @C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-2.4.1\bin\Rterm.exe --no-restore --no-save < Test.R > > Rout.txt > > I do not see the "Enter file name" or have the opportunity to enter the file > name. I am running R in windows XP. > > Thanks for your help. > > John H Schuenemeyer > Southwest Statistical Consulting, LLC > 960 Sligo St > Cortez, CO 81321-2558 > > Phone: 970.565.0179 > > URL: www.swstatconsult.com > [[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 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. PLEASE do, and not send HTML. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.