R CMD build on Vista

Hello,



I have R 2.7.2 and RTools 2.8 on a vista pro computer. On my computer R CMD
build changes the file names : all capital letters are transformed into
lowercase letters (for instance the DESCRIPTION file is changed in
'description'). What can I do to correct this problem?

Use a less unreliable OS?

The copying is done in Perl, and so is out of our control.  This may 
depend on the file system, and I've not seen this (nor have others 
reported it), except on Samba-mounted file systems, about which the FAQ 
says

   Your file system must allow case-honouring long file names (as is likely
   except perhaps for some network-mounted systems).

So sorry, unless that is the explanation this is beyond our control.

Tank you,



Ollivier TARAMASCO


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Check what drives you have available on your system and what file system
each uses.  Click on Start button and type in System Information and then
choose Components / Storage / Drives in the left side panel.  That will
report all your drives and their file system and other information. Try running
the build on a drive with a different file system and see if that helps.  If you
are able to remove the drive that seems to be the problem you might want
to do that to ensure that its not being used for temporary files during the
build.

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Ollivier TARAMASCO

Hello,



I have R 2.7.2 and RTools 2.8 on a vista pro computer. On my computer R CMD
build changes the file names : all capital letters are transformed into
lowercase letters (for instance the DESCRIPTION file is changed in
'description'). What can I do to correct this problem?



Tank you,



Ollivier TARAMASCO


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