batch file execution

I am new to R and really like to get a handle of basics in short period of
time. What I am trying to do is get myself a list of must-do's (read in
data, batch execution, delimiters, basic modeling commands) in R as in Stata
or SAS. I am just wondering how to execute a R batch file in RGui. Suppose I
have a script file (like do file in stata, or sas file in SAS) under
c:\whatever.R, how can I execute it using commands (not drop down menu) in
RGui? In stata, would be something like

 do c:\whatever.do
 How about in R. I tried the "R CMD BATCH('h:/whatever.R'), but it didn't
work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

jun xu wrote:

I am new to R and really like to get a handle of basics in short period of
time. What I am trying to do is get myself a list of must-do's (read in
data, batch execution, delimiters, basic modeling commands) in R as in Stata
or SAS. I am just wondering how to execute a R batch file in RGui. Suppose I
have a script file (like do file in stata, or sas file in SAS) under
c:\whatever.R, how can I execute it using commands (not drop down menu) in
RGui? In stata, would be something like

If I am not mistaken the command is:

 > source("whatever.R")

do c:\whatever.do
How about in R. I tried the "R CMD BATCH('h:/whatever.R'), but it didn't
work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

paul sorenson

Thanks for all your (ronggui, *Uwe Ligges , **sosman) *help. I got it
through using source. I know R has gone through all those lines, but I
didn't get results of what I would if I use drop-down menu and click "run
all" under edit after I open a script file? Basically, nothing hasspens
except that no error message. My codes are very simple,

help(lm)
library(foreign)
mydta <-read.dta('h:/data/binlfp2.dta')
mydta[1:5,]

Are the log results saved somewhere else automatically? Thanks again.

On 10/15/05, Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de> wrote:

sosman wrote:

jun xu wrote:

I am new to R and really like to get a handle of basics in short period

of

time. What I am trying to do is get myself a list of must-do's (read in
data, batch execution, delimiters, basic modeling commands) in R as in

Stata

or SAS. I am just wondering how to execute a R batch file in RGui.

Suppose I

have a script file (like do file in stata, or sas file in SAS) under
c:\whatever.R, how can I execute it using commands (not drop down menu)

in

RGui? In stata, would be something like

If I am not mistaken the command is:

source("whatever.R")

... or source("c:/whatever.R") if "c:\" is not your current working
directory.

do c:\whatever.do
How about in R. I tried the "R CMD BATCH('h:/whatever.R'), but it

didn't

work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

R CMD BATCH has to be executed from the Windows shell (looks like you
are running this OS) rather than from within R with the Syntax (if
called from c:\ and R is in your PATH):
R CMD BATCH whatever.R

Uwe Ligges

paul sorenson