unpacking rar with R system()

Question

OK this task seems to be really easy to do. However I spent a couple of hours without any results.

User have:

• 7z
• Windows
• R

User should enter:

• path to 7z (z7path)
• filename

System should unpack rar into the project's root

I tried:

cmd = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\7-Zip\\7z e D:/20140601.rar"
system(shQuote(cmd))

And..nothing happens. Please don't advise to set up PATH, it doesn't help, and this should work without it.

Answer 1

Ok, I finally got it.

1. Use shell
2. Use shQuote for surrounding path

3. Use right keys

   z7path = shQuote('C:\\Program Files (x86)\\7-Zip\\7z')
   file = paste(getwd(), '/101-01.rar', sep = '')
   cmd = paste(z7path, ' e ', file, ' -y -o', getwd(), '/', sep='')
   shell(cmd)
   

Answer 2

I had to modify the code from the second answer, and finally it works. You can change "-ir!. -o" by "-y -o" if you want all files.

z7path = shQuote('C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7z')
file = paste('"', 'D:/20140601.rar', '"',sep = '')
cmd = paste(z7path, ' e ', file, ' -ir!*.* -o', '"', getwd(), '"', sep='')

system(cmd)