Just a quick question, in case I'm doing something really boneheaded that could be easily sorted out. I'm attempting to save() datasets on Linux (R 1.1.1) and load() them on Win2K (rw1011, fetched from CRAN today). I get the "restore file corrupted" message every time. I've tried saving with ascii=TRUE and FALSE, and the ASCII versions look OK (it's my impression from reading docs that even binary format files *ought* to be readable on both platforms). I don't think it's a DOS/Unix format (linefeed etc.) problem, as I can source() files transferred in the same way. Didn't find anything in the FAQ etc.. Has anyone seen this? Ben Bolker -- 318 Carr Hall bolker at zoo.ufl.edu Zoology Department, University of Florida http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/bolker Box 118525 (ph) 352-392-5697 Gainesville, FL 32611-8525 (fax) 352-392-3704 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
ben at zoo.ufl.edu writes:> Just a quick question, in case I'm doing something really boneheaded > that could be easily sorted out. > > I'm attempting to save() datasets on Linux (R 1.1.1) and load() them on > Win2K (rw1011, fetched from CRAN today). I get the "restore file > corrupted" message every time. I've tried saving with ascii=TRUE and > FALSE, and the ASCII versions look OK (it's my impression from reading > docs that even binary format files *ought* to be readable on both > platforms). I don't think it's a DOS/Unix format (linefeed etc.) problem, > as I can source() files transferred in the same way. > Didn't find anything in the FAQ etc.. > Has anyone seen this?It's supposed to work. Since you ask for suggestions of boneheadedness: Did you by any chance transfer the files with FTP in ascii mode or with mcopy -t or similar? Are you saying that the ascii=TRUE saves didn't work either? (R is generally tolerant to text files and CR/LF issues, so it's not a proof that source() works - and even so, the transfer that mangles binaries would generally be the one that converts textfiles correctly and vice versa) -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._