Hi Mikko,
I was bitten by this recently and I think some of the replies are
missing the point. As I understand it, the problem consists of these
elements:
1. When R starts, it creates a directory like /tmp/RtmpVIeFj4
2. Right after R starts I can create files in this directory with no
error
> I would appreciate any insights over compiling R 3.4 with Intel MKL -- I have
> been successful until R 3.3.3 but now it stops complaining about pcre though
> it worked without Intel MKL as follows,
I successfully built R-rc_2017-04-19_r72555.tar.gz with icc & MKL on centos 7
with this:
#
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On 21 April 2017 at 15:13, Mikko Korpela wrote:
| Despite my obvious failure to read the manual and report this properly,
| I will try to make a case. I understand that data stored in a temporary
| file may disappear, and for that reason using an alternative TMPDIR
| might be advisable. However
On 21/04/17 14:42, Joris Meys wrote:
In defense of the OP: I would have checked ?tmpdir and missed the
information in the manual as well. On the help page there's ample
information on the underlying processes that create the dir on multiple
platforms. I think adding the last two sentences of prof
On 21/04/17 14:03, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
From the R-admin manual §5:
'Various environment variables can be set to determine where R creates
its per-session temporary directory. The environment variables TMPDIR,
TMP and TEMP are searched in turn and the first one which is set and
points to a w
In defense of the OP: I would have checked ?tmpdir and missed the
information in the manual as well. On the help page there's ample
information on the underlying processes that create the dir on multiple
platforms. I think adding the last two sentences of prof. Ripley's quote as
a warning to the he
From the R-admin manual §5:
'Various environment variables can be set to determine where R creates
its per-session temporary directory. The environment variables TMPDIR,
TMP and TEMP are searched in turn and the first one which is set and
points to a writable area is used. If none do, the fina
Temporary files not accessed for a long time are automatically removed
in some Linux distributions and probably other operating systems too,
depending on system configuration. This may affect the per-session
temporary directory, the path of which is returned by tempdir(). I think
it would be ni
Great, thanks Michael for you quick response!
I started off with a question on SO because I was not sure whether this was
an actual bug or I was just missing something obvious. I'm looking forward
to the patch.
Cheers,
Andrzej
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 10:28 PM, Michael Lawrence <
lawrence.mich..
