Can't call cygwin commands from R

Question

I\'m working in windows box, and using cygwin to imitate unix shell. Also I have R and want to run any system comand from it. I believe that system(\'command\')

Answer 1

I hope you are still interested in a solution. Here is what I have:

• Start R from Windows and call cygwin executable by path: system('C:/cygwin/bin/ls.exe');
• Start R from within cygwin:
  • Start cygwin
  • Set path: export PATH="$PATH:/cygdrive/c/Programme/R-2.9.2/bin"
  • Call R: Rgui.exe
  • Call shell: system('ls')

Regards,

Martin.