R help - Jan 2010 - update.packages on MS Windows with //server/share paths

Hi,
> update.packages(ask='graphics')
  gives me  multiple warning (one per updated package?) similar to ...

Warning: unable to move temporary installation 
'\\Server02\stats\R\library\2.10\file3de56e0d\locfit' to 
'\\Server02\stats\R\library\2.10\locfit'

The final, updated, folders do not end up where they should be. I can move 
them 'by hand', but it is an inconvenience.

Checking the archives I find 
http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/Rhelp08/2008-April/160963.html where Prof 
Ripley opines "The issue appears to be that your OS is garbling file
names",
and it surely does seem to be a filename problem - in combination R and 
Windows don't seem to be handling the '//server/share' path
construction. I
have:
> .libPaths()
[1] "//Server02/stats/R/library/2.10" 
"//Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"

I can work around by mapping a drive letter to the '//server/share', but
prefer not to (for local reasons).

In CHANGES.R-2.10.1pat I find
  CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.7.2 patched
    o dir.create(recursive = TRUE) was not working on //server/share  paths.

In CHANGES.R-2.11.0dev I find
      CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.11.0
NEW FEATURES
    o file.rename() can work across volumes (by copy-and-delete)

In another R function I've hit a similar problem and solved it using the 
construction:
      file.path(dirname(x), basename(x))
to convert  '//server/share' to (printed as) '\\\\server/share'
which worked
in that function. In this case:
> file.path(dirname(.libPaths()), basename(.libPaths()))
[1] "\\\\Server02/stats/R/library/2.10" 
"\\\\Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"
which looks OK but
> .libPaths(file.path(dirname(.libPaths()), basename(.libPaths())))
> .libPaths()
[1] "//Server02/stats/R/library/2.10" 
"//Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"
doesn't actually change the internal paths.

I don't see the problem in V2.9.2 .
I do see the problem in
   V2.10.1,
   V2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-24 r51030)
   V2.11.0 Under development (unstable) (2010-01-24 r51030)

Grateful for any suggestions,

Keith Jewell
-----------------------------------------------------
Version:
 platform = i386-pc-mingw32
 arch = i386
 os = mingw32
 system = i386, mingw32
 status = Patched
 major = 2
 minor = 10.1
 year = 2010
 month = 01
 day = 24
 svn rev = 51030
 language = R
 version.string = R version 2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-24 r51030)

Windows Server 2003 x64 (build 3790) Service Pack 2

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

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:stats, package:graphics, package:grDevices, 
package:utils, package:datasets, package:methods, Autoloads, package:base

Try mapping a drive letter to \\Server02 and then use that.  For more,
google for: map network drive

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Keith Jewell <k.jewell at campden.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> update.packages(ask='graphics')
>
> ?gives me ?multiple warning (one per updated package?) similar to ...
>
> Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> '\\Server02\stats\R\library\2.10\file3de56e0d\locfit' to
> '\\Server02\stats\R\library\2.10\locfit'
>
> The final, updated, folders do not end up where they should be. I can move
> them 'by hand', but it is an inconvenience.
>
> Checking the archives I find
> http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/Rhelp08/2008-April/160963.html where Prof
> Ripley opines "The issue appears to be that your OS is garbling file
names",
> and it surely does seem to be a filename problem - in combination R and
> Windows don't seem to be handling the '//server/share' path
construction. I
> have:
>> .libPaths()
> [1] "//Server02/stats/R/library/2.10"
> "//Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"
>
> I can work around by mapping a drive letter to the
'//server/share', but
> prefer not to (for local reasons).
>
> In CHANGES.R-2.10.1pat I find
> ?CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.7.2 patched
> ? ?o dir.create(recursive = TRUE) was not working on //server/share ?paths.
>
> In CHANGES.R-2.11.0dev I find
> ? ? ?CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.11.0
> NEW FEATURES
> ? ?o file.rename() can work across volumes (by copy-and-delete)
>
> In another R function I've hit a similar problem and solved it using
the
> construction:
> ? ? ?file.path(dirname(x), basename(x))
> to convert ?'//server/share' to (printed as)
'\\\\server/share' which worked
> in that function. In this case:
>> file.path(dirname(.libPaths()), basename(.libPaths()))
> [1] "\\\\Server02/stats/R/library/2.10"
> "\\\\Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"
> which looks OK but
>> .libPaths(file.path(dirname(.libPaths()), basename(.libPaths())))
>> .libPaths()
> [1] "//Server02/stats/R/library/2.10"
> "//Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"
> doesn't actually change the internal paths.
>
> I don't see the problem in V2.9.2 .
> I do see the problem in
> ? V2.10.1,
> ? V2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-24 r51030)
> ? V2.11.0 Under development (unstable) (2010-01-24 r51030)
>
> Grateful for any suggestions,
>
> Keith Jewell
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Version:
> ?platform = i386-pc-mingw32
> ?arch = i386
> ?os = mingw32
> ?system = i386, mingw32
> ?status = Patched
> ?major = 2
> ?minor = 10.1
> ?year = 2010
> ?month = 01
> ?day = 24
> ?svn rev = 51030
> ?language = R
> ?version.string = R version 2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-24 r51030)
>
> Windows Server 2003 x64 (build 3790) Service Pack 2
>
> 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
>
> Search Path:
> ?.GlobalEnv, package:stats, package:graphics, package:grDevices,
> package:utils, package:datasets, package:methods, Autoloads, package:base
>
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