[kepler-dev] [Bug 3131] - R is not added to the path

[Chad Berkley]

Yeah, you're right.  echo does work on windows.  I could change it to 
that if no one disagrees.

ben leinfelder wrote:
> Chad,
> The example is meant to illustrate executing something from the command 
> line - I think Dan chose R because there's an assumption that it will be 
> present on the system no matter what platform we are on. It's not really 
> meant to showcase R.
> Maybe something even more basic like 'java -version' would do this 
> example justice. I can't think of other basic cross platform things to 
> execute.  Does 'echo' work on the windows cmd line?
> -ben
> 
> On Feb 5, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Chad Berkley wrote:
> 
>> Hey Dan,
>>
>> The R actor seems to work fine, but we have that one workflow
>> (08-CommandLine) that uses the ExternalExec actor to fire R which
>> doesn't work unless R is in the path.  Maybe I should just change that
>> to an R actor.
>>
>> chad
>>
>> bugzilla-daemon at ecoinformatics.org wrote:
>>> http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3131
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------- Comment #1 from higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu  2008-02-05 13:40 -------
>>> You should not need to add R to the path if it is installed with the 
>>> installer.
>>> If the R.zip is installed inside $KEPLER, the RExpression actor will 
>>> find it.
>>>
>>> If not installed inside Kepler, it will need to be on the path (and 
>>> adding
>>> something to the Path permanently is not easy in Windows).
>>>
>>> Dan
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