R help - Nov 2003 - Syntax error from the following command running on Win XP: Rcmd BATCH a:test.r

What is the correct syntax for running a batch program (test.r) from the a:
drive. I have tried no quotes, single and double quotes around a:test.r to
no avail.

Thanks in anticipation.

John Byrne.

john byrne wrote:
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> 
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> What is the correct syntax for running a batch program (test.r) from the a:
> drive. I have tried no quotes, single and double quotes around a:test.r to
> no avail.
Learn how to specify paths in Windows:
Rcmd BATCH a:\test.R

BTW: If a: is a flopp drive, I'd highly recommend to copy files to a 
hard disk before working with them ...

Uwe Ligges

> Thanks in anticipation.
> 
> John Byrne.
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:38:54 +1100, you wrote:

>What is the correct syntax for running a batch program (test.r) from the a:
>drive. I have tried no quotes, single and double quotes around a:test.r to
>no avail.
>
(I'd put the full question in the message; I almost asked what syntax
you had used, because I didn't notice it at first in the subject
line.)

You used 

Rcmd BATCH a:test.r

and I can't see anything wrong with that syntax.  What error message
are you seeing?  Do you have write permission on a:?

Duncan Murdoch