On 8/30/07, Barry Rowlingson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am trying to write my first R script. The code is simply
> >
> > cat("Hello!\n")
> >
> > However, when I run
> >
> > $ R CMD BATCH myscript.R
> >
> > I do not see "Hello!" on the console. I am using Fedora 7 (Linux) and 
> > R-2.5.1.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
>   You shouldn't see it on the console! BATCH writes its output to a file.
>
>   You should find a file called myscript.Rout that does contain the
> 'Hello!'.

Thanks, Barry. Indeed, the file myscript.Rout exists and contains the
output of cat. I was expecting a behavior similar to the bash scripts.
And by the way, cannot a R script write only on the console and just
what one tells it to write, likewise bash scripts?

Paul

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