[Rd] R CMD check file issues

Duncan Murdoch
Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:20:14 -0000

On 11-09-22 7:53 AM, Nick Sabbe wrote:
> This problem is likely to be specific to Windows, and particularly Win7.

The symptoms sound like interference from an anti-virus checker.

Duncan Murdoch

>
>
> After a successful build of a package (R CMD build addendum), I immediately
> run an R CMD check for the same package.
>
> Not always, but _very_ often, I get the following error:
>
> C:\Users\nisabbe\Documents\@Doctoraat\R>R CMD check addendum
>
> Loading required package: tcltk
>
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>
> Loading required package: Hmisc
>
> Loading required package: survival
>
> Loading required package: stats
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> Loading required package: graphics
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> Loading required package: splines
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>
>
> Attaching package: 'Hmisc'
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>
>
> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:survival':
>
>
>
>      untangle.specials
>
>
>
> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:base':
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>
>
>      format.pval, round.POSIXt, trunc.POSIXt, units
>
>
>
> Loading required package: R2HTML
>
> Warning in file(filename, "wt") :
>
>    cannot open file
> 'C:/Users/nisabbe/Documents/@Doctoraat/R/addendum.Rcheck/00ch
>
> eck.log': Permission denied
>
> Error in file(filename, "wt") : cannot open the connection
>
> Execution halted
>
>
>
> If, after this, I immediately reissue the R CMD check command, it works,
> without the error.
>
> I think this has something to do with how Win7 processes file handling
> (there are known issues even noticeable in windows explorer), but perhaps
> there is a way of circumventing this? It would be greatly appreciated, as
> this issue is preventing automation of build/check/install scripts.
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>
>
> Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
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