[R] problems with device drivers postscript() and pdf()

[Roger Bivand]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Sibylle Matthes wrote:

> 
> Dear R-help,
> We are using the Platform AMD 64 Bit Opteron.
> Our operating system is SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISESERVER SLES9.0
> We are using R version 2.2.0 .
> This is our problem:
> None of the device drivers postscript() or pdf() is opening, e.g.
> the following message is coming:
> postscript("splines-Ex.ps")
> Fehler in postscript("splines-Ex.ps") : unable to start device 
> PostScript
> ZusÃ¤tzlich: Warning message:
> cannot open 'postscript' file argument 'splines-Ex.ps'
> 

As far as I can see, you are trying to write 'splines-Ex.ps' in a 
directory where you do not have write access. Check getwd(), and move with 
setwd() to a directory you can write to, or give a full path to such a 
directory.

Look at:

getwd()
system("ls -l ..")

to see the permissions of your working directory.

> with regards
>     Sibylle Matthes
> 
> 

-- 
Roger Bivand
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Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen,
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