The R system command has different arguments on Windows and UNIX. I hadn't realized that and I think it would be nice if the input= argument available on Windows were available on UNIX too and the ignore.stderr= argument available on UNIX were avaliable on Windows too. Even without that I could have saved some time if the help file had pointed out that the arguments vary from OS to OS or even better which are common and which are OS-specific.
system on windows vs. unix
2 messages · Gabor Grothendieck, Martin Maechler
"Gabor" == Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>
on Wed, 7 Sep 2005 00:08:05 -0400 writes:
Gabor> The R system command has different arguments on Windows and UNIX.
Gabor> I hadn't realized that and I think it would be nice if the input=
Gabor> argument available
Gabor> on Windows were available on UNIX too and the ignore.stderr= argument
Gabor> available on
Gabor> UNIX were avaliable on Windows too.
Gabor> Even without that I could have saved some time if the help file had
Gabor> pointed out that
Gabor> the arguments vary from OS to OS or even better which are common and which
Gabor> are OS-specific.
I very much agree.
Patches (against R-devel!) are very welcome.
Regards,
Martin