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Shruti
Shruti

Reputation: 781

R in batch mode

Is it necessary to have Rtools installed for running R in Batch mode, or is it fine if i just set up the environment variable for R.exe

Upvotes: 1

Views: 870

Answers (2)

Dirk is no longer here
Dirk is no longer here

Reputation: 368609

You do not need Rtools to run R, you only need Rtools to build R packages from source on the one platform that already gets them as binaries, ie Windows.

If you installed R on Windows the usual way, both R.exe and Rscript.exe will already be in your path.

Use Rscript.exe for batch processing / scripting of R, and see previous questions on StackOverflow for more on Rscript.

Upvotes: 2

Tony Breyal
Tony Breyal

Reputation: 5378

I'm pretty sure that I don't use Rtools when running R in batch mode on Windows Vista (because I've never specifically downloaded it).

You could set up the environment variable for R.exe and do it that way, or better yet, use batchfiles. I like the latter method because it always seems to point to the latest version of R on your computer which for me personally is very convenient and saves time.

Upvotes: 1

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