R help - Jun 2012 - Trouble with .bat files upon installation of 15.0

Hello to all --

I'm hoping that someone more knowledgeable than me can shed some light
on a problem I have been having. In point form:

- I am running XP on a 64-bit processor
- I run 5 automated R tasks every morning using .bat files and a
little utility called System Scheduler by Splinterware.  I cannot use
the inbuilt scheduled tasks functionality because IT won't let me for
"security reasons".
- Until June 8th I was running R 12.1
- On the afternoon of June 8th I upgraded to R 15.0 and removed 12.1
- I updated all of my libraries and ensured that old scripts were
running smoothly
- I updated the path to Rterm via the System control panel (C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.15.0\bin\x64)
- On the morning of June 9th my automated tasks all appeared to run
(according to System Scheduler) but none produced any results
- When I double-clicked the individual .bat files they all ran smoothly
- The same thing happened each day until yesterday when I broke down
and re-installed R 12.1 again and changed the path back (C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.12.1\bin\x64)
- Everything ran perfectly smoothly this morning

I confess that I am baffled.  As far as I am aware the System
Scheduler should simply act as a double-click on the .bat file at a
specific time, but there is obviously something more to it than that.
What have I missed?  I would like to get this sorted out, as I don't
want to have this stuff tied to 12.1 indefinitely, especially as I am
developing all new code in 15.0.

Thanks for any help you can offer,

Sarah

On 14.06.2012 01:48, Sarah Henderson wrote:
> Hello to all --
>
> I'm hoping that someone more knowledgeable than me can shed some light
> on a problem I have been having. In point form:
>
> - I am running XP on a 64-bit processor
> - I run 5 automated R tasks every morning using .bat files and a
> little utility called System Scheduler by Splinterware.  I cannot use
> the inbuilt scheduled tasks functionality because IT won't let me for
> "security reasons".
> - Until June 8th I was running R 12.1
There never was an R 12.1 (nor 15.0). My guess is you mean R-2.12.1.

> - On the afternoon of June 8th I upgraded to R 15.0 and removed 12.1
> - I updated all of my libraries and ensured that old scripts were
> running smoothly
> - I updated the path to Rterm via the System control panel (C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.15.0\bin\x64)
> - On the morning of June 9th my automated tasks all appeared to run
> (according to System Scheduler) but none produced any results
> - When I double-clicked the individual .bat files they all ran smoothly
> - The same thing happened each day until yesterday when I broke down
> and re-installed R 12.1 again and changed the path back (C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.12.1\bin\x64)
> - Everything ran perfectly smoothly this morning
Probably the scheduler runs under another user account / security level?
Please ask the vendor of that software.

Uwe Ligges


> I confess that I am baffled.  As far as I am aware the System
> Scheduler should simply act as a double-click on the .bat file at a
> specific time, but there is obviously something more to it than that.
> What have I missed?  I would like to get this sorted out, as I don't
> want to have this stuff tied to 12.1 indefinitely, especially as I am
> developing all new code in 15.0.
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer,
>
> Sarah
>
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Thanks for your help -- you were absolutely correct.  And I apologize
for the poor nomenclature -- when referring to versions I always just
say 'fifteen' or 'twelve point one', so it is too easy to forget
the
leading '2.' when typing.  Careless of me.

Cheers,

Sarah
> - Until June 8th I was running R 12.1
There never was an R 12.1 (nor 15.0). My guess is you mean R-2.12.1.
> - The same thing happened each day until yesterday when I broke down
> and re-installed R 12.1 again and changed the path back (C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.12.1\bin\x64)
> - Everything ran perfectly smoothly this morning
Probably the scheduler runs under another user account / security level?
Please ask the vendor of that software.

Uwe Ligges


> I confess that I am baffled.  As far as I am aware the System
> Scheduler should simply act as a double-click on the .bat file at a
> specific time, but there is obviously something more to it than that.
> What have I missed?  I would like to get this sorted out, as I don't
> want to have this stuff tied to 12.1 indefinitely, especially as I am
> developing all new code in 15.0.
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer,
>
> Sarah