R help - Nov 2008 - dir.create only gives first character of name when warning

This is not a major issue, but is there any way to get the full
directory name out when dir.create issues a warning?
I am running R 2.8.0 patched on Windows Vista - full details below.

With the following code:
  dir.create("test")
  obscure<-"test"
  dir.create(obscure)
I get the warning message:
  In dir.create(obscure) : 't' already exists

Session details:

R version 2.8.0 Patched (2008-10-21 r46766)
Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0

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> dir.create("test")
> obscure<-"test"
> dir.create(obscure)
Warning message:
In dir.create(obscure) : 't' already exists
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.8.0 Patched (2008-10-21 r46766) 
i386-pc-mingw32 

locale:
LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
Kingdom.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United
Kingdom.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base


Thanks in advance,

Keith Ponting
Aurix Ltd, Malvern WR14 3SZ  UK

You are running an outdated R-patched.  The current version's CHANGES file 
says

     o   dir.create() did not print the path correctly in warning messages.

and your example works for me.


On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Keith Ponting wrote:
> This is not a major issue, but is there any way to get the full
> directory name out when dir.create issues a warning?
> I am running R 2.8.0 patched on Windows Vista - full details below.
>
> With the following code:
>  dir.create("test")
>  obscure<-"test"
>  dir.create(obscure)
> I get the warning message:
>  In dir.create(obscure) : 't' already exists
>
> Session details:
>
> R version 2.8.0 Patched (2008-10-21 r46766)
> Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>
>  Natural language support but running in an English locale
>
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
>> dir.create("test")
>> obscure<-"test"
>> dir.create(obscure)
> Warning message:
> In dir.create(obscure) : 't' already exists
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.8.0 Patched (2008-10-21 r46766)
> i386-pc-mingw32
>
> locale:
> LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
> Kingdom.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United
> Kingdom.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Keith Ponting
> Aurix Ltd, Malvern WR14 3SZ  UK
>
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