R help - Oct 2015 - Why can I reset directory in using setwd on desktop but not on laptop

Hi  I am running the same r routine on both my desktop and my laptop, and
writing results in the form of csv files into storage folders in the respective
users/documents files of both machines  My desktop machine allows me to reset
the directory in the course of the r programme so that I can write the files
into different folders which makes it easier to keep track of what's what,
whereas my laptop won't allow me to reset the directory by a setwd command,
and
I have to set the directory manually using the r studio tabs, so basically on
the laptop every results file is going into the same folder, which is not
unworkable but not as easy to use later

As far as I know I have the same r studio on both machines.  Does anyone out
there know a) why I can't use a setwd command on the laptop, and b)is there
anything I can do to put this right?

Thanks beforehand, as it were

Nick Wray
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Sounds like an RStudio question to me. Someone might be able to help,
but this mailing list is for R.

You should also provide sessionInfo() output when asking potentially
OS-related questions.

You can always specify path as part of the write.csv() or other output
command; you don't need to change the working directory necessarily.

Sarah

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:43 AM, WRAY NICHOLAS
<nicholas.wray at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi  I am running the same r routine on both my desktop and my laptop, and
> writing results in the form of csv files into storage folders in the
respective
> users/documents files of both machines  My desktop machine allows me to
reset
> the directory in the course of the r programme so that I can write the
files
> into different folders which makes it easier to keep track of what's
what,
> whereas my laptop won't allow me to reset the directory by a setwd
command, and
> I have to set the directory manually using the r studio tabs, so basically
on
> the laptop every results file is going into the same folder, which is not
> unworkable but not as easy to use later
>
> As far as I know I have the same r studio on both machines.  Does anyone
out
> there know a) why I can't use a setwd command on the laptop, and b)is
there
> anything I can do to put this right?
>
> Thanks beforehand, as it were
>
> Nick Wray

Thanks Sarah  I didn't realise that there was a distinction between between
asking about R per se and asking about r-studio...  I shall try specifying the
path and see whether that helps   Thanks, Nick
> 
>     On 09 October 2015 at 16:51 Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee at
gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Sounds like an RStudio question to me. Someone might be able to help,
>     but this mailing list is for R.
> 
>     You should also provide sessionInfo() output when asking potentially
>     OS-related questions.
> 
>     You can always specify path as part of the write.csv() or other output
>     command; you don't need to change the working directory
necessarily.
> 
>     Sarah
> 
>     On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:43 AM, WRAY NICHOLAS
>     <nicholas.wray at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>     > Hi I am running the same r routine on both my desktop and my
laptop, and
>     > writing results in the form of csv files into storage folders in
the
>     > respective
>     > users/documents files of both machines My desktop machine allows
me to
>     > reset
>     > the directory in the course of the r programme so that I can write
the
>     > files
>     > into different folders which makes it easier to keep track of
what's
>     > what,
>     > whereas my laptop won't allow me to reset the directory by a
setwd
>     > command, and
>     > I have to set the directory manually using the r studio tabs, so
>     > basically on
>     > the laptop every results file is going into the same folder, which
is
>     > not
>     > unworkable but not as easy to use later
>     >
>     > As far as I know I have the same r studio on both machines. Does
anyone
>     > out
>     > there know a) why I can't use a setwd command on the laptop,
and b)is
>     > there
>     > anything I can do to put this right?
>     >
>     > Thanks beforehand, as it were
>     >
>     > Nick Wray
> 
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