R help - Feb 2013 - calling outside program to run from R - similar to X command in SAS

I'm new to R and have not been able to find what I am looking for online. I
found the system command but that seems to be used for getting lists of
directories, etc.

I am trying to replicate something that I used to do in SAS. I am simulating
some data (which I can do in R with a particular package) and then trying to
call an outside program to fit a specific model to the data. In SAS, the
commands would have been

x softwarename.exe
x commandfilename.exe

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Leigh



Leigh M. Williams, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
College of Education
Georgia State University

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Leigh Michelle Williams <lwilliams146 <at> gsu.edu> writes:
> 
> I'm new to R and have not been able to find what I am looking for
online.
> I found the system command but that
> seems to be used for getting lists of directories, etc.
> 
> I am trying to replicate something that I used to do in SAS. I am
simulating
some data (which I can do in R with a
> particular package) and then trying to call an outside program to fit a
specific model to the data. In SAS,
> the commands would have been
> 
> x softwarename.exe
> x commandfilename.exe
> 
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks.\
  Are you sure that system() is *not* what you're looking for?
  Have you tried 

system("softwarename.exe") 

? (Be sure to read the "differences between Unix and Windows" section
carefully -- you may need shell("softwarename.exe") instead ... )

Hi Leigh,

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Leigh Michelle Williams
<lwilliams146 at gsu.edu> wrote:
> I'm new to R and have not been able to find what I am looking for
online. I found the system command but that seems to be used for getting lists
of directories, etc.
The "etc." includes many things in this case!
>
> I am trying to replicate something that I used to do in SAS. I am
simulating some data (which I can do in R with a particular package) and then
trying to call an outside program to fit a specific model to the data. In SAS,
the commands would have been
>
> x softwarename.exe
> x commandfilename.exe
see

?system
?system2

either of these will work for simply opening a program.
>
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Leigh
>
>
>
> Leigh M. Williams, Ph.D.
> Postdoctoral Research Associate
> College of Education
> Georgia State University
>
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