[R] Suggestion: Re: Fatal error .RData

[Henrik Bengtsson]

R-core, may I suggest that the error message returns the absolute path
(or even the relative path) and not just the filename/basename, e.g.

"Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in C:/Users/foo/.RData"

/Henrik

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Green, Paul <pgreen at umich.edu> wrote:
> We are using R in our class. One student claims to
> be receiving the message
>
> "Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData"
>
> The student is working in a Windows environment with Vista
> using the precompiled binary distribution (R-2.7.2).
>
> After searching the R site and reading FAQs, I suggested
> the student find .RData in the working directory and delete it.
>
> The student claims this did not work so I recommended starting
> R from a command line with the --no-restore option.
>
> Has anyone had any experience with this? Does anyone know
> what may be causing this? This is the first time I have
> encountered this.
>
> Paul Green
>
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