Thank you , John. As I wanted to use com as abbreviated value for comments it gave me hard time, especially when the name was not only com1 but "com1.txt". Best regards Petr> -----Original Message----- > From: Fox, John [mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 3:15 PM > To: PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz> > Cc: r-help at r-project.org > Subject: RE: file.create issue > > Dear Petr, > > This is a Windows OS issue, not peculiar to R. There are some reserved > names that can't be used for files, including COM1 (the first serial port). > Other examples include LPT1 and AUX. Because file names in windows are > case-insensitive "com1.txt" also causes problems. > > I hope this helps, > John > > ----------------------------- > John Fox, Professor > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario > Canada L8S 4M4 > Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of PIKAL > > Petr > > Sent: August 19, 2016 9:00 AM > > To: r-help at r-project.org > > Subject: [R] file.create issue > > > > Hi > > > > Can anybody explain why one character makes such a difference? > > > > > file.create("com1.txt") > > [1] FALSE > > Warning message: > > In file.create("com1.txt") : > > cannot create file 'com1.txt', reason 'No such file or directory' > > > file.create("con1.txt") > > [1] TRUE > > > > > > > It took me quite effort to find out that "com1.txt" is not valid for naming a > file. > > > > BTW I am on Windows, if it matters. > > > > Best regards > > Petr > >________________________________ Tento e-mail a jak?koliv k n?mu p?ipojen? dokumenty jsou d?v?rn? a jsou ur?eny pouze jeho adres?t?m. Jestli?e jste obdr?el(a) tento e-mail omylem, informujte laskav? neprodlen? jeho odes?latele. Obsah tohoto emailu i s p??lohami a jeho kopie vyma?te ze sv?ho syst?mu. Nejste-li zam??len?m adres?tem tohoto emailu, nejste opr?vn?ni tento email jakkoliv u??vat, roz?i?ovat, kop?rovat ?i zve?ej?ovat. Odes?latel e-mailu neodpov?d? za eventu?ln? ?kodu zp?sobenou modifikacemi ?i zpo?d?n?m p?enosu e-mailu. V p??pad?, ?e je tento e-mail sou??st? obchodn?ho jedn?n?: - vyhrazuje si odes?latel pr?vo ukon?it kdykoliv jedn?n? o uzav?en? smlouvy, a to z jak?hokoliv d?vodu i bez uveden? d?vodu. - a obsahuje-li nab?dku, je adres?t opr?vn?n nab?dku bezodkladn? p?ijmout; Odes?latel tohoto e-mailu (nab?dky) vylu?uje p?ijet? nab?dky ze strany p??jemce s dodatkem ?i odchylkou. - trv? odes?latel na tom, ?e p??slu?n? smlouva je uzav?ena teprve v?slovn?m dosa?en?m shody na v?ech jej?ch n?le?itostech. - odes?latel tohoto emailu informuje, ?e nen? opr?vn?n uzav?rat za spole?nost ??dn? smlouvy s v?jimkou p??pad?, kdy k tomu byl p?semn? zmocn?n nebo p?semn? pov??en a takov? pov??en? nebo pln? moc byly adres?tovi tohoto emailu p??padn? osob?, kterou adres?t zastupuje, p?edlo?eny nebo jejich existence je adres?tovi ?i osob? j?m zastoupen? zn?m?. This e-mail and any documents attached to it may be confidential and are intended only for its intended recipients. If you received this e-mail by mistake, please immediately inform its sender. Delete the contents of this e-mail with all attachments and its copies from your system. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are not authorized to use, disseminate, copy or disclose this e-mail in any manner. The sender of this e-mail shall not be liable for any possible damage caused by modifications of the e-mail or by delay with transfer of the email. In case that this e-mail forms part of business dealings: - the sender reserves the right to end negotiations about entering into a contract in any time, for any reason, and without stating any reasoning. - if the e-mail contains an offer, the recipient is entitled to immediately accept such offer; The sender of this e-mail (offer) excludes any acceptance of the offer on the part of the recipient containing any amendment or variation. - the sender insists on that the respective contract is concluded only upon an express mutual agreement on all its aspects. - the sender of this e-mail informs that he/she is not authorized to enter into any contracts on behalf of the company except for cases in which he/she is expressly authorized to do so in writing, and such authorization or power of attorney is submitted to the recipient or the person represented by the recipient, or the existence of such authorization is known to the recipient of the person represented by the recipient.
> On Aug 19, 2016, at 6:47 AM, PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz> wrote: > > Thank you , John. > > As I wanted to use com as abbreviated value for comments it gave me hard time, especially when the name was not only com1 but "com1.txt". >Whinges about the behavior of Windows are OT on Rhelp. -- David.> Best regards > Petr > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Fox, John [mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca] >> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 3:15 PM >> To: PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz> >> Cc: r-help at r-project.org >> Subject: RE: file.create issue >> >> Dear Petr, >> >> This is a Windows OS issue, not peculiar to R. There are some reserved >> names that can't be used for files, including COM1 (the first serial port). >> Other examples include LPT1 and AUX. Because file names in windows are >> case-insensitive "com1.txt" also causes problems. >> >> I hope this helps, >> John >> >> ----------------------------- >> John Fox, Professor >> McMaster University >> Hamilton, Ontario >> Canada L8S 4M4 >> Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of PIKAL >>> Petr >>> Sent: August 19, 2016 9:00 AM >>> To: r-help at r-project.org >>> Subject: [R] file.create issue >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> Can anybody explain why one character makes such a difference? >>> >>>> file.create("com1.txt") >>> [1] FALSE >>> Warning message: >>> In file.create("com1.txt") : >>> cannot create file 'com1.txt', reason 'No such file or directory' >>>> file.create("con1.txt") >>> [1] TRUE >>>> >>> >>> It took me quite effort to find out that "com1.txt" is not valid for naming a >> file. >>> >>> BTW I am on Windows, if it matters. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Petr >>> > > ________________________________ > Tento e-mail a jak?koliv k n?mu p?ipojen? dokumenty jsou d?v?rn? a jsou ur?eny pouze jeho adres?t?m. > Jestli?e jste obdr?el(a) tento e-mail omylem, informujte laskav? neprodlen? jeho odes?latele. Obsah tohoto emailu i s p??lohami a jeho kopie vyma?te ze sv?ho syst?mu. > Nejste-li zam??len?m adres?tem tohoto emailu, nejste opr?vn?ni tento email jakkoliv u??vat, roz?i?ovat, kop?rovat ?i zve?ej?ovat. > Odes?latel e-mailu neodpov?d? za eventu?ln? ?kodu zp?sobenou modifikacemi ?i zpo?d?n?m p?enosu e-mailu. > > V p??pad?, ?e je tento e-mail sou??st? obchodn?ho jedn?n?: > - vyhrazuje si odes?latel pr?vo ukon?it kdykoliv jedn?n? o uzav?en? smlouvy, a to z jak?hokoliv d?vodu i bez uveden? d?vodu. > - a obsahuje-li nab?dku, je adres?t opr?vn?n nab?dku bezodkladn? p?ijmout; Odes?latel tohoto e-mailu (nab?dky) vylu?uje p?ijet? nab?dky ze strany p??jemce s dodatkem ?i odchylkou. > - trv? odes?latel na tom, ?e p??slu?n? smlouva je uzav?ena teprve v?slovn?m dosa?en?m shody na v?ech jej?ch n?le?itostech. > - odes?latel tohoto emailu informuje, ?e nen? opr?vn?n uzav?rat za spole?nost ??dn? smlouvy s v?jimkou p??pad?, kdy k tomu byl p?semn? zmocn?n nebo p?semn? pov??en a takov? pov??en? nebo pln? moc byly adres?tovi tohoto emailu p??padn? osob?, kterou adres?t zastupuje, p?edlo?eny nebo jejich existence je adres?tovi ?i osob? j?m zastoupen? zn?m?. > > This e-mail and any documents attached to it may be confidential and are intended only for its intended recipients. > If you received this e-mail by mistake, please immediately inform its sender. Delete the contents of this e-mail with all attachments and its copies from your system. > If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are not authorized to use, disseminate, copy or disclose this e-mail in any manner. > The sender of this e-mail shall not be liable for any possible damage caused by modifications of the e-mail or by delay with transfer of the email. > > In case that this e-mail forms part of business dealings: > - the sender reserves the right to end negotiations about entering into a contract in any time, for any reason, and without stating any reasoning. > - if the e-mail contains an offer, the recipient is entitled to immediately accept such offer; The sender of this e-mail (offer) excludes any acceptance of the offer on the part of the recipient containing any amendment or variation. > - the sender insists on that the respective contract is concluded only upon an express mutual agreement on all its aspects. > - the sender of this e-mail informs that he/she is not authorized to enter into any contracts on behalf of the company except for cases in which he/she is expressly authorized to do so in writing, and such authorization or power of attorney is submitted to the recipient or the person represented by the recipient, or the existence of such authorization is known to the recipient of the person represented by the recipient. > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA
The list of illegal file names on Windows 7 includes "aux", "prn", "lpt[1-9]", "com[1-9]", and "con", with or without a 'dot file extension' and in any directory. I think there used to be be other illegal ones, like "nul", "pc$mouse" and "clock". Bill Dunlap TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 6:47 AM, PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz> wrote:> Thank you , John. > > As I wanted to use com as abbreviated value for comments it gave me hard > time, especially when the name was not only com1 but "com1.txt". > > Best regards > Petr > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fox, John [mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca] > > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 3:15 PM > > To: PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz> > > Cc: r-help at r-project.org > > Subject: RE: file.create issue > > > > Dear Petr, > > > > This is a Windows OS issue, not peculiar to R. There are some reserved > > names that can't be used for files, including COM1 (the first serial > port). > > Other examples include LPT1 and AUX. Because file names in windows are > > case-insensitive "com1.txt" also causes problems. > > > > I hope this helps, > > John > > > > ----------------------------- > > John Fox, Professor > > McMaster University > > Hamilton, Ontario > > Canada L8S 4M4 > > Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of PIKAL > > > Petr > > > Sent: August 19, 2016 9:00 AM > > > To: r-help at r-project.org > > > Subject: [R] file.create issue > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Can anybody explain why one character makes such a difference? > > > > > > > file.create("com1.txt") > > > [1] FALSE > > > Warning message: > > > In file.create("com1.txt") : > > > cannot create file 'com1.txt', reason 'No such file or directory' > > > > file.create("con1.txt") > > > [1] TRUE > > > > > > > > > > It took me quite effort to find out that "com1.txt" is not valid for > naming a > > file. > > > > > > BTW I am on Windows, if it matters. > > > > > > Best regards > > > Petr > > > > > ________________________________ > Tento e-mail a jak?koliv k n?mu p?ipojen? dokumenty jsou d?v?rn? a jsou > ur?eny pouze jeho adres?t?m. > Jestli?e jste obdr?el(a) tento e-mail omylem, informujte laskav? > neprodlen? jeho odes?latele. Obsah tohoto emailu i s p??lohami a jeho kopie > vyma?te ze sv?ho syst?mu. > Nejste-li zam??len?m adres?tem tohoto emailu, nejste opr?vn?ni tento email > jakkoliv u??vat, roz?i?ovat, kop?rovat ?i zve?ej?ovat. > Odes?latel e-mailu neodpov?d? za eventu?ln? ?kodu zp?sobenou modifikacemi > ?i zpo?d?n?m p?enosu e-mailu. > > V p??pad?, ?e je tento e-mail sou??st? obchodn?ho jedn?n?: > - vyhrazuje si odes?latel pr?vo ukon?it kdykoliv jedn?n? o uzav?en? > smlouvy, a to z jak?hokoliv d?vodu i bez uveden? d?vodu. > - a obsahuje-li nab?dku, je adres?t opr?vn?n nab?dku bezodkladn? p?ijmout; > Odes?latel tohoto e-mailu (nab?dky) vylu?uje p?ijet? nab?dky ze strany > p??jemce s dodatkem ?i odchylkou. > - trv? odes?latel na tom, ?e p??slu?n? smlouva je uzav?ena teprve > v?slovn?m dosa?en?m shody na v?ech jej?ch n?le?itostech. > - odes?latel tohoto emailu informuje, ?e nen? opr?vn?n uzav?rat za > spole?nost ??dn? smlouvy s v?jimkou p??pad?, kdy k tomu byl p?semn? zmocn?n > nebo p?semn? pov??en a takov? pov??en? nebo pln? moc byly adres?tovi tohoto > emailu p??padn? osob?, kterou adres?t zastupuje, p?edlo?eny nebo jejich > existence je adres?tovi ?i osob? j?m zastoupen? zn?m?. > > This e-mail and any documents attached to it may be confidential and are > intended only for its intended recipients. > If you received this e-mail by mistake, please immediately inform its > sender. Delete the contents of this e-mail with all attachments and its > copies from your system. > If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are not > authorized to use, disseminate, copy or disclose this e-mail in any manner. > The sender of this e-mail shall not be liable for any possible damage > caused by modifications of the e-mail or by delay with transfer of the > email. > > In case that this e-mail forms part of business dealings: > - the sender reserves the right to end negotiations about entering into a > contract in any time, for any reason, and without stating any reasoning. > - if the e-mail contains an offer, the recipient is entitled to > immediately accept such offer; The sender of this e-mail (offer) excludes > any acceptance of the offer on the part of the recipient containing any > amendment or variation. > - the sender insists on that the respective contract is concluded only > upon an express mutual agreement on all its aspects. > - the sender of this e-mail informs that he/she is not authorized to enter > into any contracts on behalf of the company except for cases in which > he/she is expressly authorized to do so in writing, and such authorization > or power of attorney is submitted to the recipient or the person > represented by the recipient, or the existence of such authorization is > known to the recipient of the person represented by the recipient. > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/ > posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On 20/08/16 11:16, David Winsemius wrote:> >> On Aug 19, 2016, at 6:47 AM, PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz> wrote: >> >> Thank you , John. >> >> As I wanted to use com as abbreviated value for comments it gave me hard time, especially when the name was not only com1 but "com1.txt". >> > > Whinges about the behavior of Windows are OT on Rhelp.I disagree! Whinges about the behaviour of Windoze are *on topic*, all the time, everywhere! :-) cheers, Rolf -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276