R help - Nov 2010 - get the scripname within the executed myscript.r

Dear R-users!

Is there a way to obtain the name of the executed myscript.r, i.e. when

cmd> rscript myscript.r

is executed? (The name of the script in this case is "myscript.r")

Here is the explanation of why I would like to get that: Why: I have
prepared a set of scripts (decompose_data.r, plot_with_higher_resolution.r,
plot_3D.r, etc.) placed in a root directory at one place. I keep updated
only one original of each. For each new dataset, I create a new directory in
my directory tree, and I copy r scripts with the same names containing a
line for executing the only one, e.g.

source(file.path("w:/data & fits/root4scripts",
"decompose_data.r"))

This way I can execute old datasets with new/updated scripts automatically
(by executing all decompose_data.r in the directory tree), or by copying new
"links".r to the directory. A small inconvenience of this way of
executing
is, that ones named, it is hard to change the name of the script. Therefore
I would like to introduce a function that reads the name of the scriptname
executed somewhere deep in my directory tree and executes the proper
script.r in the root. If anybody read till here, please: Is there a more
convenient/straightforward way how manage more scripts through a directory
tree with datasets and keeping them altogether updated?

Thanks for listening, Zroutik

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Hi,

Not sure it would really help you since I haven't understood everything, 
but read
?list.files
the pattern argument is quite convenient too.

Ivan

Le 11/2/2010 10:47, ?rout?k a ?crit :
> Dear R-users!
>
> Is there a way to obtain the name of the executed myscript.r, i.e. when
>
> cmd>  rscript myscript.r
>
> is executed? (The name of the script in this case is
"myscript.r")
>
> Here is the explanation of why I would like to get that: Why: I have
> prepared a set of scripts (decompose_data.r, plot_with_higher_resolution.r,
> plot_3D.r, etc.) placed in a root directory at one place. I keep updated
> only one original of each. For each new dataset, I create a new directory
in
> my directory tree, and I copy r scripts with the same names containing a
> line for executing the only one, e.g.
>
> source(file.path("w:/data&  fits/root4scripts",
"decompose_data.r"))
>
> This way I can execute old datasets with new/updated scripts automatically
> (by executing all decompose_data.r in the directory tree), or by copying
new
> "links".r to the directory. A small inconvenience of this way of
executing
> is, that ones named, it is hard to change the name of the script. Therefore
> I would like to introduce a function that reads the name of the scriptname
> executed somewhere deep in my directory tree and executes the proper
> script.r in the root. If anybody read till here, please: Is there a more
> convenient/straightforward way how manage more scripts through a directory
> tree with datasets and keeping them altogether updated?
>
> Thanks for listening, Zroutik
>
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>
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On Nov 2, 2010, at 5:47 AM, ?rout?k wrote:
> Dear R-users!
>
> Is there a way to obtain the name of the executed myscript.r, i.e.  
> when
>
> cmd> rscript myscript.r
>
> is executed? (The name of the script in this case is
"myscript.r")
commandArgs()
>
> Here is the explanation of why I would like to get that: Why: I have
> prepared a set of scripts (decompose_data.r,  
> plot_with_higher_resolution.r,
> plot_3D.r, etc.) placed in a root directory at one place. I keep  
> updated
> only one original of each. For each new dataset, I create a new  
> directory in
> my directory tree, and I copy r scripts with the same names  
> containing a
> line for executing the only one, e.g.
>
> source(file.path("w:/data & fits/root4scripts",
"decompose_data.r"))
>
> This way I can execute old datasets with new/updated scripts  
> automatically
> (by executing all decompose_data.r in the directory tree), or by  
> copying new
> "links".r to the directory. A small inconvenience of this way of
> executing
> is, that ones named, it is hard to change the name of the script.  
> Therefore
> I would like to introduce a function that reads the name of the  
> scriptname
> executed somewhere deep in my directory tree and executes the proper
> script.r in the root. If anybody read till here, please: Is there a  
> more
> convenient/straightforward way how manage more scripts through a  
> directory
> tree with datasets and keeping them altogether updated?
>
> Thanks for listening, Zroutik
>
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