[R] Help from DOS Command Prompt

Pascal Oettli kridox at ymail.com
Tue Jul 24 09:05:56 CEST 2012


Hello,

Sorry for the mistake. I don't use Windows.

Regards


Le 24/07/2012 15:56, Prof Brian Ripley a écrit :
> On 24/07/2012 07:10, Pascal Oettli wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> If you want to do it, you can add "R.exe" in you "Path" variable. Go to
>> "Advanced System Settings", then "Environment Variables". But I'm not
>> sure whether it is the best way to use R under Windows.
>
> The documentation says to put the *path to* Rterm.exe in your PATH
> variable.
>
> R.exe is only provided for compatibility with other platforms.
>
> And BTW, this is the Windows Command Prompt: R does not run under 'DOS'.
>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Le 24/07/2012 13:53, goss a écrit :
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am new to R.
>>> I downloaded and installed R 2.15.1
>>>
>>> I tried typing R.exe --help at the DOS Command line C:\", but I keep
>>> receiving:
>>> [quote]
>>> R.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command
>>> [/quote]
>>>
>>> I tried many variations of R.exe --help, but roughly the same response
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> thx
>>> w
>>>
>>>
>>>
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