From osklyar at ebi.ac.uk  Mon Jan 14 18:50:52 2008
From: osklyar at ebi.ac.uk (Oleg Sklyar)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:50:52 +0000
Subject: [Rd] %s in filename when opening device causes crash (PR#10571)
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Same on 2.7.0 Under development (unstable) (2007-12-21 r43753)
using Ubuntu i686 2.6.22-14-generic:

* ~: R
:: R version 2.7.0 Under development (unstable) (2007-12-21 r43753)
pdf> pdf("foo%s.pdf")

  *** caught segfault ***
address 0x1, cause 'memory not mapped'

Traceback:
  1: .External(PDF, file, old$paper, old$family, old$encoding, old$bg, 
    old$fg, old$width, old$height, old$pointsize, onefile, 
old$pagecentre,     old$title, old$fonts, version[1], version[2])
  2: pdf("foo%s.pdf")

Possible actions:
1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
2: normal R exit
3: exit R without saving workspace
4: exit R saving workspace
Selection: 2
* ~:


richard.cotton at hsl.gov.uk wrote:
> Full_Name: Richard Cotton
> Version: 2.6.1
> OS: Windows XP (32bit)
> Submission from: (NULL) (193.119.236.82)
> 
> 
> Using %s in a filename when opening a device causes R to crash, e.g.,
> 
> pdf("foo%s.pdf")
> win.metafile("foo%s.wmf")
> postscript("foo%s.ps")
> 
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Dr Oleg Sklyar * EBI-EMBL, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK * +44-1223-494466



[Rd] %s in filename when opening device causes crash (PR#10571)
Oleg Sklyar