R help - Dec 2005 - Problem with dir.create (R2.2.0 Windows XP 2002 SP 2)

I've run into a problem with dir.create on R2.2.0 Windows XP 2002 SP 2.

setwd("d:/")
print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\rdata", recursive=T))
print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\", recursive=T))

Both return false and fail to create the directories.

setwd("c:/")
print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\rdata", recursive=T))

Returns true and succesfully creates the directories.

Why does this occur?

Hadley

No problem for me (Version 2.2.0  (2005-10-06 r35749), WinXPPro SP2):
> setwd("q:/")
> print(dir.create("q:/Andy/what/is/this", recursive=TRUE))
[1] TRUE
> setwd("c:/")
> print(dir.create("q:/Andy/what/is/that/thing", recursive=TRUE))
[1] TRUE

Andy

From: hadley wickham
> 
> I've run into a problem with dir.create on R2.2.0 Windows XP 
> 2002 SP 2.
> 
> setwd("d:/")
> print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\rdata", recursive=T))
> print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\", recursive=T))
> 
> Both return false and fail to create the directories.
> 
> setwd("c:/")
> print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\rdata", recursive=T))
> 
> Returns true and succesfully creates the directories.
> 
> Why does this occur?
> 
> Hadley
> 
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I hope this isn't an insulting question, but does drive D: exist on that 
machine?

Mike

on 12/14/2005 11:09 AM hadley wickham said the following:
>I've run into a problem with dir.create on R2.2.0 Windows XP 2002 SP 2.
>
>setwd("d:/")
>print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\rdata", recursive=T))
>print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\", recursive=T))
>
>Both return false and fail to create the directories.
>
>setwd("c:/")
>print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\rdata", recursive=T))
>
>Returns true and succesfully creates the directories.
>
>Why does this occur?
>
>Hadley
>
>  
>
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