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
> >
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