[R] Error at save.image() with SetupRpatched.exe

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

Seems to be a typo in the Windows docs for Windows 9x.

Fix committed to R-patched sources: please recompile and confirm that
this works under your OSes.

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Renaud Lancelot wrote:

> platform i386-pc-mingw32
> arch     i386
> os       mingw32
> system   i386, mingw32
> status   Patched
> major    1
> minor    5.0
> year     2002
> month    05
> day      15
> language R
>
> OS: Win98
>
> I have the same and implemented
>
> Save <- function() save.image(safe = FALSE)
>
> as a workaround.
>
> Best,
>
> Renaud
>
> Agustin Lobo wrote:
> >
> > After installing
> > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/bdr/RWin/Rpre/SetupRpatched.exe
> >
> > on a Win95 machine,
> > save.image() produces the error:
> > Error in save.image(name) : image could not be renamed and is left in
> > .RDataTmp
> >
> > and, actually, .RDataTmp is not created.
> >
> > save.image(safe = FALSE)
> >
> > works fine.
> >
> > This sounds simmilar to the problem reported
> > Marc R. Feldesman <feldesmanm at pdx.edu> on Win 2000, but could not find
> > the fix in the archives.
> >
> > Is this a bug? a problem in my system? a wrong installation?...
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Agus
> >
> > Dr. Agustin Lobo
> > Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC)
> > Lluis Sole Sabaris s/n
> > 08028 Barcelona SPAIN
> > tel 34 93409 5410
> > fax 34 93411 0012
> > alobo at ija.csic.es
> >
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