[R] problem in saving the history file '~/.Rhistory'

[lejeczek]

hi guys,

I'm on Centos 7.6 with R 3.6 and I see this:

> 
Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: y
Warning message:
problem in saving the history file '~/.Rhistory' 

from strace:

rt_sigaction(SIGWINCH, {SIG_DFL, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x7fb9dd34b5d0},
{0x7fb9dc383820, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x7fb9dd34b5d0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
ioctl(1, TCXONC, TCOON)                 = 0
open("~/.Rhistory", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0600) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
brk(NULL)                               = 0x43da000
brk(0x43fe000)                          = 0x43fe000
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_IGN, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x7fb9dcfa2280},
{0x7fb9dfd99ffb, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x7fb9dd34b5d0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_IGN, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x7fb9dcfa2280},
{SIG_DFL, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x7fb9dd34b5d0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
parent_tidptr=0x7ffd7d87e100) = 1367359
wait4(1367359, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 1367359
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x7fb9dfd99ffb, [INT], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART,
0x7fb9dcfa2280}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x7fb9dcfa2280}, NULL,
8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=1367359,
si_uid=0, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=1} ---
write(2, "Warning message:\n", 17)      = 17
write(2, "problem in saving the history fi"..., 50) = 50
exit_group(0)                           = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++


This only with user "root", and the some root can touch the ~/.Rhistory
just fine.

Even this works:

> system(command="touch ~/.Rhistory")

Would have any suggestions, ideas on how to fix it?

many thanks, L.