Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304251356160.10244-100000@gannet.stats>
Date: 2003-04-25T13:00:13Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: Rcmd BATCH vs. Rterm.exe
In-Reply-To: <6A4BCEF0FD65344A8F496D7E520DD8B902C36106@lobster.zhwin.ch>
[I've corrected the subject.]
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, "Untern?hrer Thomas, uth" wrote:
> What exactly is the difference in call r from a batch between this two ways:
>
> Rterm.exe ...
>
> Rcmd BATCH ... (I have to install perl first, I know)
>
>
> I haven't found any documentation about the difference (readme, FAQs, ...).
> I use rterm.exe, but is there a benefit in using rcmd?
>
> Can you explain me that or give me a link?
It depends on the `...' you had in mind.
Rcmd BATCH is
1) compatible with R CMD BATCH under Unix-alikes
2) saves remembering complicated commands.
3) works the same way across R versions (whereas direct use of rterm
does not work the same way in 1.6.2 and 1.7.0).
The references are
a) the rw-FAQ
b) the source code.
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