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syrvn <ment...@gmx.net> wrote: It's all in the context of calling commands via the system command in R. I just found out that you can run system("pdflatex file") and it works fine. So R finds the command "pdflatex" but not the "del" command which I can use to delete files. I am wondering how I have to call this command to be able for R to find it. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Delete-files-with-system-command-on-Windows-7-tp3885478p3885554.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _____________________________________________ 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.