My bad. I used system("test -r blah") to see if a file was readable,
forgetting that not all Windows installations have the "test" program
(from
Cygwin) installed. I've changed this to use the R function file.access() in
version 2.5, which I've just submitted to CRAN. The Windows binary should
be
available from there in a day or two.
Jeff
"Boriss" <Boriss at gmx.net> writes:
> Dear All,
>
> I wonder whether anyone has an experience with FAME package written by Jeff
Hallman. All my attempts to send him the following problem report did not
succeed (the mail system says that my e-mail could not be delivered), so I turn
for help to this list.
>
> I tried to use your FAME package written for R, but somehow I cannot get it
working. I am using Windows XP and the newest R installation version 2.8.1.
>
>
>
> For example, if I run the following code I get the following error message:
>
>
>
> library(fame)
>
> mydb <- "O:/FameDB/national.db"
>
> mydb
>
> fameWhats(mydb,"TS21555100",getDoc = T)
>
> getfame("TS21555100",mydb)
>
>
>
>> library(fame)
>
>> mydb <- "O:/FameDB/national.db"
>
>> mydb
>
> [1] "O:/FameDB/national.db"
>
>> fameWhats(mydb,"TS21555100",getDoc = T)
>
> Fehler in fameWhats(mydb, "TS21555100", getDoc = T) :
>
> cannot read O:/FameDB/national.db
>
> Zus?tzlich: Warning message:
>
> In system(paste("test -r", path), intern = F) : test nicht
gefunden
>
>> getfame("TS21555100",mydb)
>
> Fehler in getfame("TS21555100", mydb) : cannot read
O:/FameDB/national.db
>
> Zus?tzlich: Warning message:
>
> In system(paste("test -r", path), intern = F) : test nicht
gefunden
>
>
>
> ---------------------------
>
>
>
> I have a German installation and the phrase ?test nicht gefunden? means
?the test has not been found?.
>
>
>
> We have a running version of FAME at our institute and from within FAME I
can download this variable without problem:
>
> $open national
>
> whats TS21555100
>
>
>
> produces:
>
>
>
> Offene Datenbanken: NATIONAL
>
>
>
>
>
> TS21555100
>
>
>
> KOF: Vollzeitaequivalente Beschaeftigung (in 1000 Pers.)
>
>
>
> Class: SERIES
DB name: NATIONAL
>
> Type: NUMERIC
Created: 27-Nov-08
>
> Index: DATE:QUARTERLY
Updated: 27-Nov-08
>
>
>
> First Value at: 75:3
Observed: SUMMED
>
> Last Value at: 08:3
Basis: DAILY
>
>
>
> OVERLAY(TS21560100, TS21555100)
>
>
>
> ?Vollzeitaequivalente Beschaeftigung? stands for ?Full-time equivalent
employment?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Also, I have the same error message when I run the code from the manual:
>
>
>
>> seriesA <- tis(1:24,start=c(2002,1),freq =12)
>
>> seriesB <- tis(1:104, start = c(2002, 1), tif = "wmonday")
>
>> documentation(seriesB) <- paste("Line", 1:4, "of
seriesB documentation")
>
>> putfame(c(mser = "seriesA", wser = "seriesB"), db =
"myfame.db")
>
> Warning message:
>
> In system(paste("test -r", path), intern = F) : test nicht
gefunden
>
>
>
>
>
> In the CRAN webpage I read that ? The fame package can access Fame time
series databases (but also requires a Fame backend). The tis package provides
time indices and time-indexed series compatible with Fame frequencies. ?
However, I don?t understand what ?a Fame backend? means and how it can be useful
for running your package?
>
>
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Boriss Siliverstovs
>
>
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>
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