It seems that my Rprofile.site file is not executed when I start R. To
test this I included the following code in that file:
.First <- function(){
cat("\nWelcome at", date(), "\n")
flush.console()
}
When I start R the message above is not displayed.
I am running R 2.6.1 (rgui.exe) under Vista Home Premium. The
Rprofile.site is in the etc folder and the R_PROFILE variable has the
value "".
I looked in the help (?Startup) but could not figure out what is
wrong. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
FS
Hi
I am running under Windows XP using R2.6.1.
I pasted your code in my Rprofile.site in the etc directory and it
worked for me.
All I can suugest is:
1. Check you really put it in the etc directory. (Do you have an old
version of R somewhere ...?)
2. Is it really called Rprofile.site. (Not .RProfile.site?)
3. Is your Rprofile.site protected against read? Or the etc directory?
Regards
JS
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On Behalf Of Fernando Saldanha
Sent: 16 January 2008 14:00
To: R-help at r-project.org
Subject: [R] Rprofile.site not executed?
It seems that my Rprofile.site file is not executed when I start R. To
test this I included the following code in that file:
.First <- function(){
cat("\nWelcome at", date(), "\n")
flush.console()
}
When I start R the message above is not displayed.
I am running R 2.6.1 (rgui.exe) under Vista Home Premium. The
Rprofile.site is in the etc folder and the R_PROFILE variable has the
value "".
I looked in the help (?Startup) but could not figure out what is wrong.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
FS
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I have exactly the same problem, just made the same question to the list 2 hours after you (your message was still not posted). Hope someone answers us! Fernando Saldanha wrote:> > It seems that my Rprofile.site file is not executed when I start R. To > test this I included the following code in that file: > > .First <- function(){ > cat("\nWelcome at", date(), "\n") > flush.console() > } > > When I start R the message above is not displayed. > > I am running R 2.6.1 (rgui.exe) under Vista Home Premium. The > Rprofile.site is in the etc folder and the R_PROFILE variable has the > value "". > > I looked in the help (?Startup) but could not figure out what is > wrong. Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > FS > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Rprofile.site-not-executed--tp14882869p14883245.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On 1/16/2008 8:59 AM, Fernando Saldanha wrote:> It seems that my Rprofile.site file is not executed when I start R. To > test this I included the following code in that file: > > .First <- function(){ > cat("\nWelcome at", date(), "\n") > flush.console() > } > > When I start R the message above is not displayed. > > I am running R 2.6.1 (rgui.exe) under Vista Home Premium. The > Rprofile.site is in the etc folder and the R_PROFILE variable has the > value "".That may be your problem. Having the value "" is different from not existing. Sys.getenv("R_PROFILE") will return "" in either case, but names(Sys.getenv()) will not show it if it doesn't exist. If this isn't your problem, then please try the advice I sent to Marcia a few minutes ago. Duncan Murdoch> > I looked in the help (?Startup) but could not figure out what is > wrong. Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > FS > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.