R help - Jul 2007 - system: Linux vs. Windows differences

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Why "system" is different in Linux and Windows? Both in R 2.4.1, but
in
Windows there is an option:

  system(something, wait = FALSE)

while on Linux (Fedora Core 4), there is no such option?

Alberto Monteiro

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 16:16 -0200, Alberto Monteiro
wrote:
> [I tried to send this messages two days ago, but I guess I mistyped the To:
> address...]
> 
> Why "system" is different in Linux and Windows? Both in R 2.4.1,
but in
> Windows there is an option:
> 
>   system(something, wait = FALSE)
> 
> while on Linux (Fedora Core 4), there is no such option?
> 
> Alberto Monteiro
From:

  https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/NEWS

for changes in R 2.5.0:

o	system() now takes the same set of arguments on all platforms,
	with those which are not applicable being ignored with a
	warning.  Unix-alikes gain 'input' and 'wait', and Windows
	gains 'ignore.stderr'.


Time to upgrade both your R and your FC installation.  

R is at 2.5.1.

FC4 has been EOL (End of Life) for some time and FC5 hit EOL last month.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz