Ebert,Timothy Aaron
2022-Jun-17 17:40 UTC
[R] Is it possible to set a default working directory for all R consoles?
At least in Windows having nested directories of the same name is valid. I think it unwise because of the potential for confusion, especially if multiple people will be using the directory. The other issue is that having nested directories of the same name increases path length. Some programs have trouble when a file name and path get past some character limit. Finally, long path names are more prone to typing errors. At least in R, I copy and paste path names from Explorer but then have to go back and change \ into / to get things to work. Tim -----Original Message----- From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of Jeff Newmiller Sent: Friday, June 17, 2022 12:46 PM To: r-help at r-project.org; Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org> Subject: Re: [R] Is it possible to set a default working directory for all R consoles? [External Email] While a discussion of working directories appears to address the thoughts expressed by OP, this error seems to be affecting R's ability to find a HOME directory from which to retrieve such items as the .Rprofile file and the default user directory. As such, it needs to be solved before worrying about which IDE to use or whether setting a universal working directory is a good idea. I don't know the specific answer, but Bill's suggestion seems promising to me. I did notice that the erroneous path also contained two nested "profile" directories... I have never seen this before, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is wrong... just seems odd. On June 17, 2022 9:17:01 AM PDT, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org> wrote:> I use the free version of RStudio, and I routinely work with "Projects". For new projects, I first I create a new project directory in Finder (in a Mac) or Windows Explorer if it does not already exist. Then in RStudio, I do File > "New Project..." > in "Existing Directory". > > > Then when I want to work on an existing project, I can do File > "Recent Projects" in RStudio. Or I can double click on the appropriate *.Rproj file in Finder or Windows Explorer. > > > Hope this helps. > Spencer Graves > > >On 6/17/22 10:46 AM, Bill Dunlap wrote: >> Is there an environment variable containing that IP address? >> >> as.list(grep(value=TRUE, "172", Sys.getenv())) # as.list to >> make printing nicer >> >> If you know which variable is causing the problem you may be able to >> override it by setting an R-specific one. >> >> -Bill >> >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 8:28 AM IAGO GIN? V?ZQUEZ <iago.gine at sjd.es> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Is there some way to set a default working directory each time R.exe >>> is opened? I ask this because Always that I open R 4.2.o in Windows >>> 10 I get the next warning messages >>> >>> Warning message: >>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : >>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is >>> denied Warning message: >>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : >>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is >>> denied Warning message: >>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : >>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is >>> denied Warning message: >>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : >>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is >>> denied >>> >>> Even from cmd.exe in a C: location >>> >>> C:\Users\me>R >>> Warning message: >>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : >>> >>> >>> >>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is >>> denied Warning message: >>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : >>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access >>> is denied Warning message: >>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : >>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access >>> is denied Warning message: >>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) : >>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access >>> is denied >>> >>> Reading >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cran.r-2Dprojec >>> t.org_bin_windows_base_rw-2DFAQ.html-23What-2Dare-2DHOME-2Dand-2Dwor >>> king-2Ddirectories-5F003f&d=DwIFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh >>> 2kVeAsRzsn7AkP-g&m=BQr4uevYaXrkdUBxnwQAsvj8tBoLWJWrxywmRAh9UFty0XNrg >>> b8AvEp2RG5r9mRz&s=ewUVpVtCgppOGT8w9h7W2lPKvYQuxVuFA9AQZo0bJ3M&e= , >>> first I cannot apply the suggested solution (I cannot see such >>> "shortcut?s properties"), and second, I am not interested just in >>> Rgui, or even RStudio, but other terminals running R (like >>> VSCode-radian or >>> SublimeText-Terminus) >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Iago >>> >>> >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__stat.ethz.ch_ma >>> ilman_listinfo_r-2Dhelp&d=DwIFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh2k >>> VeAsRzsn7AkP-g&m=BQr4uevYaXrkdUBxnwQAsvj8tBoLWJWrxywmRAh9UFty0XNrgb8 >>> AvEp2RG5r9mRz&s=34YJoiQXMGD5d-AxYVPWqbe_AwYwHKFqj-skRXnbNo4&e>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.R-2Dproject. >>> org_posting-2Dguide.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh2 >>> kVeAsRzsn7AkP-g&m=BQr4uevYaXrkdUBxnwQAsvj8tBoLWJWrxywmRAh9UFty0XNrgb >>> 8AvEp2RG5r9mRz&s=FPSw6wA0aGqiMUaFUAVMewdYBcxozs6UvBniYIe4bgw&e>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__stat.ethz.ch_mai >> lman_listinfo_r-2Dhelp&d=DwIFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh2kVe >> AsRzsn7AkP-g&m=BQr4uevYaXrkdUBxnwQAsvj8tBoLWJWrxywmRAh9UFty0XNrgb8AvE >> p2RG5r9mRz&s=34YJoiQXMGD5d-AxYVPWqbe_AwYwHKFqj-skRXnbNo4&e>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.R-2Dproject.o >> rg_posting-2Dguide.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh2kV >> eAsRzsn7AkP-g&m=BQr4uevYaXrkdUBxnwQAsvj8tBoLWJWrxywmRAh9UFty0XNrgb8Av >> Ep2RG5r9mRz&s=FPSw6wA0aGqiMUaFUAVMewdYBcxozs6UvBniYIe4bgw&e>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >______________________________________________ >R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__stat.ethz.ch_mailm >an_listinfo_r-2Dhelp&d=DwIFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh2kVeAsRz >sn7AkP-g&m=BQr4uevYaXrkdUBxnwQAsvj8tBoLWJWrxywmRAh9UFty0XNrgb8AvEp2RG5r >9mRz&s=34YJoiQXMGD5d-AxYVPWqbe_AwYwHKFqj-skRXnbNo4&e>PLEASE do read the posting guide >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.R-2Dproject.org >_posting-2Dguide.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh2kVeAsR >zsn7AkP-g&m=BQr4uevYaXrkdUBxnwQAsvj8tBoLWJWrxywmRAh9UFty0XNrgb8AvEp2RG5 >r9mRz&s=FPSw6wA0aGqiMUaFUAVMewdYBcxozs6UvBniYIe4bgw&e>and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Sent from my phone. 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IAGO GINÉ VÁZQUEZ
2022-Jun-20 07:22 UTC
[R] Is it possible to set a default working directory for all R consoles?
Hi all,
Thanks for your answers.
Bill, indeed I get two environment variables containing that IP address, HOME
and R_USER. I do not know how may I change them. If I go to "Control Panel
> User accounts > Change my environment variables" neither of those
variables appear to be defined (I assume the HOME variable does not appear among
the environment variables of the computer, as it relates to an address seemingly
outside the PC). Beyond that, I see that there is a .Renviron file in that
folder ("\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents"), while there
is a Rprofile.site (only comments) file in R_HOME\etc (and there is no .Rprofile
file).
Regarding the 'two nested "profile" directories', I cannot do
anything on that, as it relates to an address I cannot modify as it depends not
on me but on the IT department at my workplace.
How should I proceed?
Thanks!
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De: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> de part de Ebert,Timothy
Aaron <tebert at ufl.edu>
Enviat el: divendres, 17 de juny de 2022 19:40
Per a: Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>; r-help at
r-project.org <r-help at r-project.org>; Spencer Graves <spencer.graves
at effectivedefense.org>
Tema: Re: [R] Is it possible to set a default working directory for all R
consoles?
At least in Windows having nested directories of the same name is valid. I think
it unwise because of the potential for confusion, especially if multiple people
will be using the directory. The other issue is that having nested directories
of the same name increases path length. Some programs have trouble when a file
name and path get past some character limit. Finally, long path names are more
prone to typing errors. At least in R, I copy and paste path names from Explorer
but then have to go back and change \ into / to get things to work.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of Jeff Newmiller
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2022 12:46 PM
To: r-help at r-project.org; Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at
effectivedefense.org>
Subject: Re: [R] Is it possible to set a default working directory for all R
consoles?
[External Email]
While a discussion of working directories appears to address the thoughts
expressed by OP, this error seems to be affecting R's ability to find a HOME
directory from which to retrieve such items as the .Rprofile file and the
default user directory. As such, it needs to be solved before worrying about
which IDE to use or whether setting a universal working directory is a good
idea.
I don't know the specific answer, but Bill's suggestion seems promising
to me.
I did notice that the erroneous path also contained two nested
"profile" directories... I have never seen this before, but that
doesn't necessarily mean it is wrong... just seems odd.
On June 17, 2022 9:17:01 AM PDT, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at
effectivedefense.org> wrote:> I use the free version of RStudio, and I routinely work with
"Projects". For new projects, I first I create a new project
directory in Finder (in a Mac) or Windows Explorer if it does not already exist.
Then in RStudio, I do File > "New Project..." > in
"Existing Directory".
>
>
> Then when I want to work on an existing project, I can do File >
"Recent Projects" in RStudio. Or I can double click on the
appropriate *.Rproj file in Finder or Windows Explorer.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
> Spencer Graves
>
>
>On 6/17/22 10:46 AM, Bill Dunlap wrote:
>> Is there an environment variable containing that IP address?
>>
>> as.list(grep(value=TRUE, "172", Sys.getenv())) #
as.list to
>> make printing nicer
>>
>> If you know which variable is causing the problem you may be able to
>> override it by setting an R-specific one.
>>
>> -Bill
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 8:28 AM IAGO GIN? V?ZQUEZ <iago.gine at
sjd.es> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is there some way to set a default working directory each time
R.exe
>>> is opened? I ask this because Always that I open R 4.2.o in Windows
>>> 10 I get the next warning messages
>>>
>>> Warning message:
>>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>>>
path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is
>>> denied Warning message:
>>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>>>
path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is
>>> denied Warning message:
>>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>>>
path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is
>>> denied Warning message:
>>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>>>
path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access is
>>> denied
>>>
>>> Even from cmd.exe in a C: location
>>>
>>> C:\Users\me>R
>>> Warning message:
>>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents":
Access is
>>> denied Warning message:
>>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>>>
path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access
>>> is denied Warning message:
>>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>>>
path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access
>>> is denied Warning message:
>>> In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
>>>
path[1]="\\172.19.2.44\profiles\profiles\me\Documents": Access
>>> is denied
>>>
>>> Reading
>>>
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cran.r-2Dprojec
>>>
t.org_bin_windows_base_rw-2DFAQ.html-23What-2Dare-2DHOME-2Dand-2Dwor
>>>
king-2Ddirectories-5F003f&d=DwIFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh
>>>
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>>>
b8AvEp2RG5r9mRz&s=ewUVpVtCgppOGT8w9h7W2lPKvYQuxVuFA9AQZo0bJ3M&e= ,
>>> first I cannot apply the suggested solution (I cannot see such
>>> "shortcut?s properties"), and second, I am not interested
just in
>>> Rgui, or even RStudio, but other terminals running R (like
>>> VSCode-radian or
>>> SublimeText-Terminus)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Iago
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________
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PLEASE do read the posting guide
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