Message-ID: <4316F243.6010102@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Date: 2005-09-01T12:21:23Z
From: Uwe Ligges
Subject: source(file) => file becomes readonly
In-Reply-To: <0D54094F69391A438650C6151B0A33E46FD334@post2.imr.no>
Hjellvik Vidar wrote:
> Hello,
> when I work in R, I write code in a text file that I run with the "source(filename)" command. In R2.1.1 the file is read-only while the source command is executed. This was not the case in R2.0.1. Is this a bug-fix or is it possible not to have the file read-only when executed?
So you want to modify a file *while* it is executed?
Sounds dangerous to me, you may want to explain further...
BTW: Which OS are we talking about?
Uwe Ligges
> Best regards
> Vidar
>
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