R help - Jul 2001 - output of system() call not returned in Win98

On one machine running Win98 and R 1.2.2 this command works:

	system("command.com /c dir",show=T,invisible=T)

On another machine also running Win98 and R 1.2.2 it does not.
Nothing appears.

On another machine running Win98 and R 1.3.0 it also does not work.

Is this a known problem?  Many thanks for any help.

Nick Barrowman, Ph.D.
Thomas C. Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada
Phone:(613) 738-3971 // Fax:(613) 738-4869
E-mail: nbarrowman at cheo.on.ca
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Barrowman, Nick wrote:
> On one machine running Win98 and R 1.2.2 this command works:
> 
> 	system("command.com /c dir",show=T,invisible=T)
> 
> On another machine also running Win98 and R 1.2.2 it does not.
> Nothing appears.
> 
Maybe try:
> list.files()
which should be less platform-dependent than system() for listing the
current directory?

Does this also affect the output of programs that are not command shells?

Roger

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