From kevin.r.coombes at gmail.com  Wed Dec  8 17:43:19 2010
From: kevin.r.coombes at gmail.com (Kevin R. Coombes)
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:43:19 -0600
Subject: [Rd] directory structure of R 2.12.0 distribution
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Hi,

On my 64-bit machine, there are two subdirectories:
     i386
     x64
I usually want to use the 64-bit executable.  However, some packages 
have not yet been compiled for a 64-bit machine, so for those I need to 
use the 32-bit i386 subdirectory.

     Kevin

On 12/8/2010 10:32 AM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> I am just revising my batch files which call R and have a question
> regarding the directory structure of the R distribution in R 2.12.0.
>
> Prior to R 2.12.0 the R executables were in R_HOME\bin but now are in
> R_HOME\bin\i386 on my machine.  I assume that there is a different
> subdirectory of bin on 64 bit machines.   Is that right?
>
> Is it always the case that there is exactly one subdirectory of bin
> and that the R executables are there?
>
> Or is it possible that there are more than one subdirectory in bin?
> If more than one is possible how do we know which one is the one to
> use?
>



[Rd] directory structure of R 2.12.0 distribution
Kevin R. Coombes