[R] Unable to start R due to error with tempdir()

[Michael Epstein]

Are you implying that I should delete all the Rtmp* directories in my
temporary dir? Thanks much.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

> Take a look at your temporary dir, and see if you can clear it out.
> ?tempdir tells you where it is.
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Michael Epstein wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I run R 1.9.1 on a Windows XP machine. In the last week, I have started to
> > get the following error message (about 85% of the time) when I attempt to
> > start R:
> >
> > "Fatal error: cannot find unused tempdir name"
> >
> > I get this message whether I attempt to start R in interactive or batch
> > mode.
> >
> > Looking at the help-manual description of tempdir didn't provide me with
> > any obvious clues to the problem. I also tried uninstalling and
> > reinstalling R 1.9.1, but this was of no help to the problem either.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Mike Epstein
> >
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