[R] Loadhistory problems

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Please read the posting guide, and tell us what platform you are using, R 
version and so on.

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Robert Brown FM CEFAS wrote:

> History files saved using nFile Save History do not open when using File
> Load History. I notice that when they are saved they do not seem to have
> a file extension and there is no option to chose an extension.  Is this
> a problem.  Other than this it seems so simple that I can't see what the
> problem is.  I've tried using loadhistory and savehistory with the same
> problems.  The syntax guide for load history requires the file name, but
> doesn't specify if this should include and extension or what this should
> be.  Where am I going wrong

What have file extensions to do with this?  A file name is exactly that, 
the name of a file, the habit of Windows Explorer to hide parts of the 
name notwithstanding.  The default name is .Rhistory, and that is not an 
extension!

This does work as documented in R 2.0.0 under Windows.  If you can
describe what you are doing in enough detail for someone to reproduce it, 
they may be able to spot what is wrong.

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