Thanks for the response. I'm currently running ESS. I sent a message to the ESS listserv to see if anyone can help with that since I don't see how to do it in the Manual or Readme. Erik
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:04 PM, RICHARD M. HEIBERGER <r...@temple.edu>wrote: > Since you are already on emacs, try using ESS. I am pretty sure we do > that. > http://ess.r-project.org > > Please follow up on the ESS mailing ess-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch > > Rich > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Barry Rowlingson > <b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Erik Shilts <erik.shi...@opower.com> > wrote: > >> I run R on a remote UNIX server where the data are stored that I ssh > into > >> through Emacs, while I store my R scripts on local Windows network > drives. > >> So far this arrangement hasn't been a problem, though now I'd like to > use > >> source() or a similar function to include other R scripts to get a > better > >> handle on my process management. Is this possible when running R > remotely? > >> When I try to use source() it tells me that the file doesn't exist since > >> it's looking for it on the UNIX servers. > >> > >> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks! > > > > Sounds like a file sharing problem rather than an R problem - ideas > > that pop into my head include: > > > > * mounting the Windows drives on the Unix box - this requires sharing > > them out in Windows, and being able to run smbmount on the unix box. > > > > * get rsync for Windows (maybe install cygwin and get a bunch of > > useful Unixy tools for Windows) and use that to efficiently copy from > > one machine to the other. But that relies on you remembering to sync > > and making sure you dont sync the wrong way. Because then you'll be > > sunk. > > > > * there may be implementations of NFS on Windows, which mean you > > could NFS-mount the Unix drives on your Windows box - but I've always > > found those things to be a bit flaky. > > > > The two options involving mounting will require cooperation of your > > superuser... > > > > Barry > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
