R help - Aug 2010 - About choosing file

Hi folks,


Following command only works on Windows
> Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)
It popup open a dialog box for choosing file.


But it doesn't work on Linux (Ubuntu);
> Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)
Enter file name: 


Entering file name doesn't work.  Please advise.  TIA


B.R.
Stephen L

On 26.08.2010 09:50, Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
>
> Following command only works on Windows
>> Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)
>
> It popup open a dialog box for choosing file.
>
>
> But it doesn't work on Linux (Ubuntu);
>> Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)
> Enter file name:
>
>
> Entering file name doesn't work.  Please advise.  TIA

(assuming R-2.11.1)

Why not? What happens? What is the error message? Which file did you 
specify and does
list.files()
lists the file? Please show the output.

Best,
Uwe Ligges
>
> B.R.
> Stephen L
>
>
>
>
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