Starting and Quitting S-PLUS

To start S-PLUS from a UNIX machine, type Splus at an xterm or hpterm prompt.

% Splus

After a short wait, you will see something like this:

S-PLUS : Copyright (c) 1988, 1995 MathSoft, Inc.
S : Copyright AT&T.
Version 3.3 Release 1 for HP Series 700, HP-UX 9.x : 1995
Working data will be in .Data.hp
>

S-PLUS will create a directory called .Data.hp or .Data.sun4 (or something like that depending on what type of machine you are using; _Data on Windows machines) to store any functions or variables you define. This automatically saves your work from session to session.

The > is the prompt for entering commands. When you are done, type q() at this prompt and press return. That will quit S-PLUS.