[R] source() fails in same directory as script: cannot find file

Jeff Newmiller
2018-10-27T02:42:02Z

I haven't seen mention of what OS or filesystem types are involved, but it
superficially looks like it might be one of those cases where the filesystem is
case-sensitive... check that all your directory and file names are capitalized
correctly.

On October 26, 2018 1:11:19 PM PDT, Jeremie Juste <jeremiejuste at
gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I suspect the error is in the file input-summerize.R.
>
>I creating a new file input-summerize2.R with only print("hello")
for
>instance and check if
>
>>
>setwd("~/documents/white-papers/geochemistry/willamette-river-mercury/scripts")
>> source("input-summerize2.R")
>
>works
>
>Hope it helps,
>
>Jeremie
>
>
>Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Ista Zahn wrote:
>>
>>> I'm confused. It seems the error is that the file can't be
found; if
>>> so, what does it matter what is in the file?
>>
>> Ista,
>>
>>   Beats me.
>>
>>> As far as I can see you are either not in the directory you think
>you
>>> are, or b) the file is not named what you think it is.
>>
>>   Yes, the error seems that R cannot find the file, but it's in the
>same
>> directory and the file does exist:
>>
>>> getwd()
>> [1]
>"/home/rshepard/documents/white-papers/geochemistry/willamette-river-mercury/scripts"
>>
>>
>~/documents/white-papers/geochemistry/willamette-river-mercury/scripts]$
>ls input-summerize.R
>> input-summerize.R
>>
>>   So, R is running in the scripts/ directory and the script is there,
>too.
>>
>>   This is why I asked for help as the error makes no sense to me.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rich
>>
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