R help - Nov 2023 - [External] Re: Error in setwd(dir) when initializing R

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:18:11 +0100
Ana de las Heras Molina <andelash at ucm.es> wrote:
> Error in setwd(dir) : no es posible cambiar el directorio de trabajo
If you run traceback() first thing after getting this error, does it
say anything useful? (Anything besides "No traceback available" would
count as useful.)

Do you have a file named .RData in your home directory? If yes, it may
help to move it away (or remove it if you don't use the saved session).

-- 
Best regards,
Ivan

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023, Ivan Krylov wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:18:11 +0100
> Ana de las Heras Molina <andelash at ucm.es> wrote:
>
>> Error in setwd(dir) : no es posible cambiar el directorio de trabajo
>
> If you run traceback() first thing after getting this error, does it
> say anything useful? (Anything besides "No traceback available"
would
> count as useful.)
>
> Do you have a file named .RData in your home directory? If yes, it may
> help to move it away (or remove it if you don't use the saved session).
Also check for .Rprofile or other profile that might contain a setwd()
call.  Starting R with --vanilla should work if the issue is a startup
file.

Best,

luke
>
>
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