[R] bug in file.path?

[Peter Dalgaard]

Javier Muñoz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is what i get in R-2.7.0 (with the completely internal file.path()):
>
>   
>> setwd("c:/jml/Valoraci�n F1/04 BA/")
>> filename <- "Valoraci�n F1 PAG.mdb"
>>     
>
>   
>> file.path(getwd(), filename)
>>     
> [1] "c:/jml/Valoración F1/04 BA/Valoraci�n F1 PAG.mdb" <<- worng
>
>   
>> file.path("c:/jml/Valoraci�n F1/04 BA", filename)
>>     
> [1] "c:/jml/Valoraci�n F1/04 BA/Valoraci�n F1 PAG.mdb" <<- ok
>
>   
>> file.path(paste(getwd()), filename)
>>     
> [1] "c:/jml/Valoraci�n F1/04 BA/Valoraci�n F1 PAG.mdb" <<- ok
>
> With the older file.path() all of these return "c:/jml/Valoraci�n F1/04
> BA/Valoraci�n F1 PAG.mdb"
>
> -- Session info -----------------------
>
> R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22)
> i386-pc-mingw32
>
> locale:
> LC_COLLATE=Spanish_Spain.1252;LC_CTYPE=Spanish_Spain.1252;LC_MONETARY=Spanish_Spain.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Spanish_Spain.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] RODBC_1.2-3
>
> ----------------
>
> Is this a bug in the new file.path() or can I change something to make this
> work as before?
>   
This could well be related to the PATH issue reported yesterday by Erik
Joergensen, so please check whether R-patched fixes the issue (and
please make a habit of checking our prereleases...).

(Email encodings again: I assume that you see something weird in the one
place where I see the accented o in valoración, whereas you see the
accented o in all the places where I see a reverse-video question mark....)

-- 
   O__  ---- Peter Dalgaard             Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B
  c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics     PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K
 (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen   Denmark      Ph:  (+45) 35327918
~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk)              FAX: (+45) 35327907