Re: [R] system/system2 command

2010-12-19 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 17/12/2010 4:36 PM, Jeff Breiwick wrote: All, I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R under Win XP: system(cmd.exe, wait=FALSE, invisible=FALSE). This does not work with R 2.12.1 - I get a window that briefly flashes open but then disappears. Does anyone know

Re: [R] system/system2 command

2010-12-18 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Gabor Grothendieck wrote: On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Breiwick jeff.breiw...@noaa.gov wrote: All, I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R under Win XP: system(cmd.exe, wait=FALSE, invisible=FALSE). This does not work with R 2.12.1 - I get a window that

Re: [R] system/system2 command

2010-12-18 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Duncan Murdoch murdoch.dun...@gmail.com wrote: Gabor Grothendieck wrote: On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Breiwick jeff.breiw...@noaa.gov wrote: All, I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R under Win XP: system(cmd.exe,

[R] system/system2 command

2010-12-17 Thread Jeff Breiwick
All, I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R under Win XP: system(cmd.exe, wait=FALSE, invisible=FALSE). This does not work with R 2.12.1 - I get a window that briefly flashes open but then disappears. Does anyone know the method to open a DOS command window in

Re: [R] system/system2 command

2010-12-17 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Breiwick jeff.breiw...@noaa.gov wrote: All, I had a simple function call I used to open up a dos shell running R under Win XP: system(cmd.exe, wait=FALSE, invisible=FALSE). This does not work with R 2.12.1 - I get a window that briefly flashes open but