[R] RScript.exe and map directory issue

R. Michael Weylandt michael.weylandt at gmail.com
Thu May 31 23:50:51 CEST 2012


Not on Windows so I can't test, but I imagine you need to escape the
space: try this:

Call Shell(rPath & "\Rscript.exe C:\Work\Latest\ 1\_Test.R", vbHide)

Michael

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Bert Jacobs
<bert.jacobs at figurestofacts.be> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to run on Windows 7 a scriptfile with Rscript.exe from within
> Excel 2010 with the following code:
> Call Shell(rPath & "\Rscript.exe C:\Work\Latest\_Test.R", vbHide)
>
> The good news is: the above code works perfectly, but ...
>
> If I add white spaces to my map directory, like:
> Call Shell(rPath & "\Rscript.exe C:\Work\Latest 1\_Test.R", vbHide)
>
> In the above case or the RScript.exe doesn't run the file anymore.
> Could someone explain to me how this comes and how I can deal with it?
>
> Kind regards,
> Bert
>
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