Hello s/r users! I've been digging around in the s- and r-mailing lists, but i actually didn't find any answer to my question. So here it is: How can i realize the following: myexec | R r_script > outfile.txt with myexec some executable writing data to stdout "cat data.txt" can serve as a test R is supposed to be "Rcmd BATCH" or "S BATCH" in case of S+6 r_script a script including a read_data_form_stdin_statement something like: scan(stdin()) In this case myexec and R use the standard pipes. Are there any other possibilities? something like named pipes? So that R could be invoked with a parameter containing the name of the pipe, to be used for reading data? I've been playing around with connections, but i can't imagine how i could solve the problem. I hope someone has any suggestions. Additionally, if there are any differences in that case, between R and S+6 on unix (linux) as well on windows, please give me a hint. sincerely, maciej -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/attachments/20011121/980392eb/attachment.html