[R] Rinst.exe question

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

"Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw at merck.com> writes:

> I think I know why Rwinst.exe doesn't list all packages on my machine.  It
> must have kept a list of known package names internally and check for file
> names that match those package names.

Nope. It scans the directory.

> For whatever reason, when I down loaded the packages via my Netscape
> browser, most (but not all) file names have their first letter capitalized.
> Thus "gss.zip" becomes "Gss.zip", for example.  And it's files like these
> that are not listed by Rwinst.exe.
> 
> Since I downloaded all packages the same way at the same time, I have no
> idea why the file names got converted, or why it only happened to some but
> not all files.
> 
> Somewhat related: Has anyone noticed? Win98/NT has this very annoying
> "feature" of ignoring cases users typed for a file name. 

You bet! It breaks software all over the place.

> In Windows
> Explorer, if I ask for a new folder and type "TEMP", it becomes "Temp".
> However, if I type "temp", it stays "temp".  I wonder if my problem with
> Rwinst.exe is somehow related to this.

Could be. Hmm. The filter expression is looking for .zip files
(lowercase). As far as I remember WinXX *stores* the mixed case name,
but for most purposes it ignores case, but Explorer et al. downcases
all but the first letter for display. Suppose filtering works
on the mixed case filename and yours is really .ZIP not .zip...

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