[R] question about windows Rgui.exe startup

[Bert Gunter]

Read ?Startup _carefully_ (it's pretty dense!).

Does the .First file on the search path give you the functionality you seek?

-- Bert

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Ryan Rene <renert at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I had a specific question about the loading of objects
> into R. I apologize in advance if I have overlooked anything in the
> manual but as far as I can tell I have yet to find a solution to my
> problem.
>
> I am on a Windows platform.
>
> So what I am trying
> to do is have R read in a binary file on startup from the Windows system
>  command line and startup Rgui.exe with these options without having to
> change Rprofile.site.
> I have written a script called myscript.r which allows R to read in the binary files and load my objects.
>
> I would like to load up those object from binary format "on startup" into R(interactive)
>
> like so:
>
>
> <windows key + r>
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.0\bin\x64\Rgui.exe < "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\myscript.r"
> but this does not work.
>
> I can do it in R batch mode like this:
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.0\bin\x64\R.exe CMD BATCH --vanilla --slave "C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\myscript.r"
>
> So
>  what I am interested in is if there are any options Rgui that allow me
> to load a script "on startup" (before opening rgui.exe)
>
> If not I
> am wondering if there is any way of transferring the input I get from R
> batch mode to another instance of Rgui.exe or where Rgui.exe reads in
> its objects.
>
> Or maybe there is a way to point Rgui.exe to another startup file of my choosing without having to alter Rprofile.site.
>
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you very much and have a wonderful day!
>
> Ryan Rene
>
> Epicenter Software
> 80 S. Lake ave,
> Pasadena CA
> 91101
> suite 550
>
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