In MS Windows I a) invoke Rterm from a batch file (test.bat) b) to execute commands from a script (m:\test.rsc) c) capturing output in a log file (m:\test.log) BUT if the script results in an error the error message is NOT written to the log file, leaving me problems when the error is from a complicated function.
Simplified example:. test.bat ------------------------ REM ensure 'R' is in path path \\Server02\stats\R\R-Current\bin\;%PATH% Rterm --no-init-file --no-restore-data --no-save --silent < m:\test.rsc > m:\test.log --------------------- m:\test.rsc ----------------- print("this is a test") #generate an error nls() ------------------ The error message: "Error in .Internal(inherits(x, what, which)) : 'x' is missing" is is NOT written to the log file, which just ends m:\test.log -------------------------- <snip> > print("this is a test") [1] "this is a test" > #generate an error > nls() --------------------- I surmise this is due to output buffering (?). In an S-Plus version I turned off buffering with guiSetOption(option.name="BufferOutputWindows", value.string="F") but I don't think this is available in R (?). Has anyone any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Keith Jewell --please do not edit the information below-- R Version: platform = i386-pc-mingw32 arch = i386 os = mingw32 system = i386, mingw32 status = major = 2 minor = 11.0 year = 2010 month = 04 day = 22 svn rev = 51801 language = R version.string = R version 2.11.0 (2010-04-22) Windows Server 2003 x64 (build 3790) Service Pack 2 Locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252 Search Path: .GlobalEnv, package:datasets, CBRIForecast, package:RODBC, package:tree, package:locfit, package:lattice, package:akima, package:nlme, package:MASS, package:grDevices, package:geometry, KJRutils, package:xlsReadWrite, package:svSocket, package:TinnR, package:R2HTML, package:Hmisc, package:survival, package:splines, package:graphics, package:stats, CBRIutils, package:utils, package:tcltk, package:tools, package:methods, TempEnv, Autoloads, package:base ______________________________________________ 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.