[R] Interacting with the Operating System

[Julio Sergio]

Rolf Turner <rolf.turner <at> xtra.co.nz> writes:

> 
> On 10/03/12 11:30, Julio Sergio wrote:
> > Is there any way to issue operating system commands and geting back the 
results,
> > in R?
> >
> > I mean, for instance, in Linux, to execute from R the 'ls' command and 
getting
> > back a list of files in the current directory, or, equivalently, in 
Windows/DOS,
> > the 'dir' command?
> >
> > I'm not interested in the 'ls' or 'dir' commands it is just an example.
> >
> > Do you have any comments on this matter?
> 
> ?system
> 
> As ??"system commands" would have told you.
> 
>      cheers,
> 
>          Rolf Turner
> 
> 

Sarah and Rolf, Thank you very much!

Best regards,

 --Sergio.