Hello there, This question is relative to WindowsXP, using R 2.2.1: I am looking for a function that allows a user to interactively choose a directory so I can use list.files to process all the files in that directory. I've looked at getwd, but this is not interactive. The functions file.choose and choose.files are the right idea, but these only permit selection of a file within a folder, not the folder itself. Thanks for any and all suggestions, =Randy R. Zelick email: zelickr at pdx.edu Department of Biology voice: 503-725-3086 Portland State University fax: 503-725-3888 mailing: P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207 shipping: 1719 SW 10th Ave, Room 246 Portland, OR 97201
choose.dir it is documented on the same page as choose.files
On 7/10/2006 8:51 PM, Randy Zelick wrote:> Hello there, > > This question is relative to WindowsXP, using R 2.2.1:Time to upgrade. choose.dir (mentioned by Rich) was introduced in the next release. Duncan Murdoch> > I am looking for a function that allows a user to interactively choose a > directory so I can use list.files to process all the files in that > directory. I've looked at getwd, but this is not interactive. The > functions file.choose and choose.files are the right idea, but these only > permit selection of a file within a folder, not the folder itself. > > Thanks for any and all suggestions, > > =Randy> > R. Zelick email: zelickr at pdx.edu > Department of Biology voice: 503-725-3086 > Portland State University fax: 503-725-3888 > > mailing: > P.O. Box 751 > Portland, OR 97207 > > shipping: > 1719 SW 10th Ave, Room 246 > Portland, OR 97201 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Thanks to all who responded. I upgraded to 2.3.1 straight away, and choose.dir does exactly what I need. Cheers, =Randy R. Zelick email: zelickr at pdx.edu Department of Biology voice: 503-725-3086 Portland State University fax: 503-725-3888 mailing: P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207 shipping: 1719 SW 10th Ave, Room 246 Portland, OR 97201