R help - Nov 2005 - How to run R in batch mode

Hello to everybody!

I want to run R in batch mode but it doen't work (Error: syntax error)

I've found this in R help:
R CMD BATCH [options] infile [outfile]

I have tried differents commands:
(I have been working in the same directory I have "test.txt" file and 
"test2.txt" would be the output file)

 > R CMD BATCH "test.txt"

or

 > R CMD BATCH test.txt

or

 > BATCH test.txt

or

 > R CMD BATCH  test.txt  test2.txt

or

 > R CMD BATCH  "test.txt"  "test2.txt"

or

 > R CMD BATCH --no-save <"test.txt">


I don't know what is wrong. Could you help me, please?

Thanks a lot

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Beatriz wrote:
> I want to run R in batch mode but it doen't work (Error: syntax error)
>
> I've found this in R help:
> R CMD BATCH [options] infile [outfile]
>
> I have tried differents commands:
> (I have been working in the same directory I have "test.txt" file
and
> "test2.txt" would be the output file)
>
>  > R CMD BATCH test.txt
>
> [SNIP additional tries]
>
> I don't know what is wrong. Could you help me, please?
Isn't it possible that it is working just fine and you really
do have a syntax error in your R source file (better named
as 'test.R') instead?

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On 11/18/2005 10:20 AM, Beatriz wrote:
> Hello to everybody!
> 
> I want to run R in batch mode but it doen't work (Error: syntax error)
> 
> I've found this in R help:
> R CMD BATCH [options] infile [outfile]
> 
> I have tried differents commands:
> (I have been working in the same directory I have "test.txt" file
and
> "test2.txt" would be the output file)
> 
>  > R CMD BATCH "test.txt"
Where did you type that?  It looks like you typed it within R.  That's a 
shell command, and needs to be typed in a shell.

However, I can't be sure about this, because you're not showing us what 
happened when you tried it.

Please, please, please:  if you need help with an error, show us the 
exact error message and tell us the context where you received it.

Duncan Murdoch

On 11/18/2005 11:25 AM, Beatriz wrote:
> I write
> R CMD BATCH test.R
> in my R console
> 
> I have send you an image (RunBatch.jpg) of my console and the
"test.R" file
I don't think the jpg made it to R-help, but I saw it.  You tried to run 
R CMD BATCH test.R from within R.  That's meant to be a system command.

Since you're running in Windows, you should open a command shell.  One 
way to do that is to choose "Run..." from the Start Menu, and enter 
"cmd".  You'll get a black command shell window.

If your path is set properly so that you can run R from there, then
R CMD BATCH test.R should work.

There is a way to do this from within R:  run

 > system("R CMD BATCH test.R",intern=TRUE)

This still depends on your path being set correctly to find R.

Duncan Murdoch