Works for me. Thanks Kit and Mike.
> While I'm on the topic of platform independence....
>
> I noticed from -help rsource- that the "Rterm_path" global macro of
> Roger Newson's -rsource- procedure defaults to a value of
> "Rterm.exe". In light of Kit Baum's response to David Airey (quoted
> below), it seems that a more robust solution would be to replace
> lines 30-32 of rsource.ado:
>
> if `"`rpath'"'=="" {;
> local rpath "Rterm.exe";
> };
>
> with the following:
>
> if `"`rpath'"'=="" {;
> if c(os) == "Windows" {;
> local rpath "Rterm.exe";
> };
> else {;
> local rpath "/usr/bin/r";
> };
> };
>
> If I understand Kit's message correctly, the latter executable path
> is valid for any Unix-based installation of R (including R.app on
> Mac OS X).
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mike
>
>
>> On Dec 1, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Kit Baum wrote:
>>> He is referring to Roger Newson's -rsource- package on SSC.
>>>
>>> I just tried it under Mac OS X 10.5 and it works fine. In Stata, do
>>>
>>> global Rterm_path "/usr/bin/r"
>>> global Rterm_options `"--vanilla"'
>>>
>>> Then if we have a file test.R containing
>>>
>>> -----
>>> 2+2
>>> q()
>>> -----
>>>
>>> . rsource using test.R
>>> Assumed R program path: "/usr/bin/r"
>>>
>>>
>>> Beginning of R output from source file: test.R
>>>
>>> R version 2.6.2 (2008-02-08)
>>> Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>>> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>>>
>>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
>>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>>>
>>> Natural language support but running in an English locale
>>>
>>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
>>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
>>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>>>
>>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
>>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>>> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>>>
>>> > 2+2
>>> [1] 4
>>> > q()
>>>
>>> End of R output from source file: test.R
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No doubt by changing the Rterm_options you can alter the way in
>>> which it produces output. Note that under *nix there is no
>>> separate executable Rterm; it is just the binary executable r.
>>> When you install R on Mac OS X, you get R.app, which is the
>>> executable that provides the GUI, but under the hood it calls /usr/
>>> bin/r.
>>>
>>> Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
>>>
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html>>> An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
>>>
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html>>>
>
> On Dec 1, 2008, at 5:29 PM, David Airey wrote:
>
>> Has anyone used _rsource_ with the Apple OS X operating system?
>>
>> -Dave
>>
>> On Dec 1, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:
>>
>>> Line for the server...
>>>
>>> That is exactly what -rsource- does, but it also takes care of
>>> logging...
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From:
[hidden email]
>>> [mailto:
[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Orvalho
>>> Augusto
>>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:56 PM
>>> To:
[hidden email]
>>> Subject: Re: st: RE: Invoking R from Stata
>>>
>>> Run from stata:
>>> ! /path/to/R.exe /path/to/rscriptfile
>>>
>>> ! means to invoke a shel command.
>>>
>>> Caveman
>>>
>>> On 12/1/08, Martin Weiss <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Line for the server...
>>>>
>>>> ***********
>>>> ssc d rsource
>>>> ***********
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From:
[hidden email]
>>>> [mailto:
[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ljubica
>>>> Nedelkoska
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 4:38 PM
>>>> To:
[hidden email]
>>>> Subject: st: Invoking R from Stata
>>>>
>>>> Dear Statlist members,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to run a file written in R program from a Stata do
>>>> file. I
>>>> would
>>>> appreciate if somebody helps me how to invoke R from Stata.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Ljubica
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ljubica Nedelkoska
>>>> PhD student
>>>> Research group: "Economics of Innovative Change"
>>>> Friedrich Schiller Universität-Jena
>>>> +49(0)3641 (9) 43 272
>>>>
>
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