title: error in .shp and .dbf files
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  <p>I'm getting error for .shp and .dbf files</p>
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  <p>library(maptools) scot_mp &lt;- readShapeSpatial('C:/Documents and Settings/Admin/Desktop/scotlip/lip cancer/New Scot/scot.shp')</p>
  <p>Error in read.dbf(filen1) : unable to open DBF file</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>sorry sir, im getting this error,can you please help me,i copied same folder as scot.shp,scot.dbf,scot.shx, bt still im getting this error</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>scot_mp &lt;- readShapeSpatial('C:/Documents and Settings/Admin/Desktop/scotlip/lip cancer/new scot1/scot.shp')
  Error in getinfo.shape(fn) : Error opening SHP file</p>
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