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A new version of the Windows batchfiles is available.
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The key change is the new R.bat utility. R.bat has a new interface and
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extended functionality covering many of the other prior utilities. (These
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older utilities are no longer needed and have been removed.)
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Unlike R.bat which requires no configuration the new Rpathset.bat utility is
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configured by manually changing the Windows batch SET statements in it. The
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main advantage is just that it is very simple internally which may be
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advantageous in some situations involving customization.
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A new pdf document accompanies the utilties providing more detail.
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These are self contained independent no-install Windows batch, javascript and
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.hta files. Just place any that you wish to use on your Windows PATH.
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R.bat allows one to run R without setting any environment variables, registry
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keys or any modification of the Windows path. Just download this utility,
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place it in your Windows path and then to launch Rgui.exe from the Windows cmd
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R.bat locates R, MiKTeX and Rtools using the registry or heuristics and then
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runs the subcommand indicated by the first argument.
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In addition to the gui subcommand, the following subcommands are available: cd,
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cmd, dir, gui, help, ls, path, R, script, show, SetReg, tools, touch.
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R CMD build mypkg -- run Rcmd.exe build mypkg
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R script myScript.R -- run Rscript.exe myScript.R
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R dir -- list directories in R_ROOT, typically those in C:\Program Files\R
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R show -- show R_ variable values used (R_ROOT, R_HOME, R_VER, R_ARCH, etc.)
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R path -- temporarily add R, MiKTeX and Rtools to the Windows path
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R tools -- similar but only add MiKTeX and Rtools to the Windows path
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Except for R touch (which updates the date on your R_HOME directory) and
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R SetReg (which calls RSetReg.exe to update the registry with your R version),
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R.bat makes no permanent changes to your system.
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Rpathset.bat temporarily sets the Windows path to R, Rtools and MiKTeX
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based on SET statements that the user can configure manually. It is an
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alternative to R.bat that lacks R.bat's "no configuration" nature but may be
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preferred in some situations due to its internal simplicity.
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Also Rpathset.bat is more likely to work on systems that have not been
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tested given its simplicity. (The utilities were tested on 32 bit Windows
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Vista and 64 bit Windows 8 systems.)
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Other commands which continue to be available are copydir.bat, movedir.bat,
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el.js, clip2r.js and find-miktex.hta . These copy and move R libraries,
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run a command in elevated mode (i.e. as Administrator), copy the clipboard to
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a running R instance and find MiKTeX.
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The newly created sqldf discussion list will now be used for discussion of
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the batch files as well.
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Home Page: http://batchfiles.googlecode.com
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Discuss: http://groups.google.com/group/sqldf ** NEW **
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Download: http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/batchfiles
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SVN: https://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/source