Hi r-hackers, 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? Thanks Thomas Thomas Untern?hrer E-Mail: thomas.unternaehrer at zhwin.ch Institut f?r Datenanalyse und Prozessdesign Tel: 052/ 267 7813 Z?rcher Hochschule Winterthur Fax: 052/ 268 7813 Technopark / J?gerstrasse 2 Postfach CH-8400 Winterthur http://www.idp.zhwin.ch
Rcmd vs. Rterm.exe
2 messages · "Unternährer Thomas, uth", Brian Ripley
[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.
Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595