[R] RdConv.bat under NT 4.0

[Prof Brian Ripley]

> From: "Richards, Tom" <richards at pci.upmc.edu>
> Subject: [R] RdConv.bat under NT 4.0
> 
> 	I have just used prompt() in R1.0.1, NT4.0, to make a
> file called myfun.Rd, in my %R_HOME%\bin subdirectory, then
> tried converting the .rd file to HTML using the Rdconv.bat, as follows:
> 
> Rdconv --type=html myfun.Rd
> 
> The message that I got was
> 
> cat: cannot open **
> 
> where ** is some unintelligible character.
> It looks like a Perl problem to me (I've just installed ActivePerl 5.6.0.613
> today)
> Perl is definitely in my path.
> I have set R_HOME=D:\Progra~1\Rw1001.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong in trying to convert to HTML?
> thanks in advance.

The relevant paragraph in CHANGES says:

   There are batch files  Rd2txt.bat Rdconv.bat Rdindex.bat Sd2Rd.bat
   which are the equivalent of the Unix `R CMD foo' utilities mentioned in
   `Writing R Extensions'.  To use these you must have R_HOME set as an
   environment variable (using the form P:/R/rw1001).

Please try using that form (/ not \).



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