Found the problem was with my system's tar command. After specifying tar="internal" (meaning that it uses R's builtin tar) everything worked fine.
Thanks for your consideration though. On Jul 12, 11:14 pm, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 12, 10:57 pm, rickhg12hs <rickhg1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've tried to use R's untar command a number of different ways from > > Sage's commandline interface and I am having trouble listing the > > contents of a LZMA compressed TAR file. Actually, I don't seem to get > > any desirable output from r.untar so I am thinking I'm not even close > > to using the correct syntax. > > Syntax with R commands is not always obvious for optional keywords. > Can you give us the *exact* R command (with options) you are trying to > use? Note the documentation: "What options are supported will depend > on the ‘tar’ used. " So it is possible that the R untar in question > on Sage behaves differently from a 'native' implementation. But most > likely it is the use of options that is the problem. Unfortunately I > can't remember offhand how I've used them in the past :( but perhaps > someone else will. > > > If I have a LZMA compressed TAR file, how can I list/read it with Sage > > and/or r.untar in Sage? > > If you are just trying to use R from within Sage, without integrating > it with the rest of Sage, you can also use r_console(), or use %r in > the notebook, and just do things that way. > > - kcrisman -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
