here is how you can share stuff

here is how you can share stuff with your project partner (if any) and me

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1. you work in your home directory G:\\S_HOME; once you have something to share (a function you develop, your dataset(s) (e.g.,alex, satdata, eastern07, western07, etc.), in particular) then you issue

share()

which changes your working directory to the shared STUDENT directory S:\\mathwork\\splus8\\student, and you can then copy stuff there by the assignment

y<-x

where x is the name of what you want to copy from directory S_HOME to the shared student directory with the name y (often y can be the same as x !!!); MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHOOSE A NAME y THAT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH OTHER NAMES in the shared student directory! Be careful, if you have an old copy of x in the shared student directory then first you have to remove it by issuing

rm(x)

(in order to see if you have an old copy of x in the shared student directory issue the

l9hol("x")

command (which will show a copy in [1] S:\\mathwork\\splus8\\student if there is one), and check its content by issuing

to see if you can remove x without doing harm to yourself or others; otherwise y<-x does NOTHING!).

Example: satdata<-satdata (if Zac and Eric worked within Zac's working space)

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2. after finishing the copying into the shared student directory, YOUR PARTNER issues the command

share() followed by the command

l9ret()

from within her/his S-PLUS session.The latter command will explain how YOUR PARTNER can "download" stuff from the shared student directory to her/his working directory G:\\S_HOME.

It will tell her/him what to do once the "download" is done.

Example (cont'd): satdata<-satdata (should be issued by Eric once he starts his own S-PLUS session within his own working space)

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Please test these instructions and ask me if you have any problems/questions ASAP!