On 06 Sep 2016, at 11:00 , Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: > Please reply to the mailing list to keep the conversation available for > everybody. I Send this mail to the mailing list as well. > > Simone Tenan <tenan.sim...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Thanks Rainer, >> it's very kind of you. >> Unfortunately, I cannot save the (large) R object where the current R >> session is running. There is not enough memory and when I tried I got the >> error "error >> writing to connection". > > OK - essential piece of information. > > In this case, your best bet is trying to mount an a flder from your > client on the server and than save there.
I think you can in principle do something with a socketConnection and SSH port forwarding, but it is not trivial. > Contact you administrator to find out if this is possible or (s)he has > other suggestions. > yep. >> For that reason I was trying to save the object of of the remote server. >> >> Best, > > Cheers, > > Rainer > >> Simone >> >> On 6 September 2016 at 10:30, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: >> >> Simone Tenan <tenan.sim...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I'm using R remotely via ssh connection in linux. I need to save a large R >>> object from the remote server to my laptop. How can I specify the path in >>> the save() function? >> >> You are working on the remote machine and there is no way that you can >> specify "out of the box" a save to client machine (I stand to be corrected). >> >> You could mount a directory on the client on the server, but I would >> suggest to >> >> 1) save the object on the server (the where R is running on) >> 2) use scp from the client to copy the file from the server to the >> client (the one you are typing on). >> >> scp user@host1:file1 ./TheNameOfTheLocalFile >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rainer >> >>> >>> Thanks much for your help, >>> Simone >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> 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. >> >> -- >> Rainer M. Krug >> email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de >> PGP: 0x0F52F982 >> >> > > -- > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, > UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) > > Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology > Stellenbosch University > South Africa > > Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 > Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 > Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 > > Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 > > email: rai...@krugs.de > > Skype: RMkrug > > PGP: 0x0F52F982 > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
