[R] R command system under Windows

[Coltrey Mather]

?dir.create

mkdir is a built-in for 'cmd.exe' (think of it like shell built-ins in
unix, vs. an actual command in $PATH)

system('cmd.exe /c mkdir foo') works, but the R command: dir.create is
what you really want.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 14:17, Aurelie Labbe, Dr.
<aurelie.labbe at mcgill.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use the R command "system"  under windows (XP). If I try the simple command system("mkdir toto") to create a directory toto, it tells me that it cannot find the command mkdir...
> Does anybody knows how  it works ? Is it a path problem ? Maybe the answer is simple: I am a R user under Unix/Linux and I don't know well R under windows.
>
> Thanks !
> Aurelie
>
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