[R] function for running MS-DOS from R

[Uwe Ligges]

Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> bang jeong sook <quietroom78 <at> hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>I had downloaded the program that runs on MS-DOS.
>>Is it possible for MS-DOS to be run in R such as WinBugs1.4?
>>I wonder whether there is the R function for running MS-DOS from R.
> 
> 
> On my XP system this works:
> 
> R> system("cmd")
> 
> to drop into the Windows command line and exit at the
> Windows command line get you back.  
> 
> One can slso do this:
> 
> R> system("cmd /c dir > listing.txt")
> R> listing <- readLines("listing.txt")
> 
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Or shell(), which is the more user-friendly wrapper for system() under 
Windows.


Uwe Ligges