Strange behaviour when setting proxy?
Is it possible to set proxy information permanently? Does R have a
startup file that it will execute which will do things like proxy
setting or changing working directory? (Sorry if this is a very newbie
question, but I am a very newbie...)
It would be nice to add proxy settings to the GUI, as it took me a long
time to track down the information on how to do it from the
documentation, and it's a big stumbling block in getting R set up on OS X.
However, I also have this odd behaviour on 2.0.1 running on 10.3.6
I accidentally issued the command
Sys.putenv("http_proxy"="http://proxy.rcsi.internal.ie")
Realising my error (a period instead of an underscore) I issued the
command correctly
Sys.putenv("http_proxy"="http://proxy.rcsi-internal.ie")
However, R persisted in trying the first proxy. Experimenting with this,
it seems that R allows me to put a definition for the proxy just once,
and the only way of recovering from an error is to exit R and restart.
Is this a bug or a feature?
Ronan M Conroy (rconroy@rcsi.ie) Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics Royal College of Surgeons Dublin 2, Ireland +353 1 402 2431 (fax 2764) -------------------- Just say no to drug reps http://www.nofreelunch.org/