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[Env: Win XP, R 2.14.2, R 2.15.0] I have a replacement function for setwd() in my .Rprofile which displays the current R path in the R window title. It no longer works in R 2.15.x, giving the error below. Worse, the error prevents the rest of my .Rprofile script from completing. Is there some way to rescue this, i.e., preserve this behavior in R 2.15? If not, how can...

In my .Rprofile for Windows, I had the following functions defined to mirror a few features I miss from linux: (a) replace setwd() with a version that stashes the current directory so it can be easily restored (b) writes a short version of the current R directory to the Windows title bar: I can always see where I am, with multiple Rgui windows. (c) creates a cd() shorthand for setwd(), but with the difference that cd() ac...

In my .Rprofile I have the following functions which display the current directory in the main R window title bar, and modify base::setwd() to keep this up to date. I like this because I can always tell where I am in the file system. cd <- function(dir) { base::setwd(dir) utils::setWindowTitle( short.path(base::getwd()) ) } short.path <- function(dir, len=2) { np <-length(parts <- unlist(strsplit(dir, '/...

Dear friends - windows R 3.3.3 - sorry to ask a simple question - but I cannot make setwd work properly in scripts In the example below I have made a directory in C (firstdir) and a directory in that (secdir) and the intention is to change directory to the second from the first - it works when I put the entire path but not the tilde - what am I missing? I was around rwf 2.14 as per...

Hello, I am using R for Windows and I receive error messages when trying to change my working directory: > setwd('C:\BACC_R') Error in setwd(dir) : cannot change working directory I would really appreciate your help, Joan Serra

Hello I think there is a conflict between setwd() and \SweaveOpts{prefix.string=}. In the same document, those both command get Sweave confuse the files and directories. See: say my .Rnw document is in File1 If one inserts some setwd() for another file: -setwd(File2) then the command \SweaveOpts{prefix.string=graphics/Rplots} will search t...

I've found the following strange behaviour R (RStudio) which has been confirmed by another user in RGui. Inside a script I want to set two variables: default.wd = getwd() tmp.wd = setwd(choose.dir()) After choosing tmp.wd the value of default.wd is shown in Workspace, but getwd() is giving back the correct string of tmp.wd. Is there a workaround for the problem? I'm working on RStudio 0.96.228 and R 2.15.2. Regards Markus

Hey, two questions regarding setwd and list.files: I try to use the function list.files: >datapath<-'/nfs/home/m/cremer/gaw/data/traws_chrs' >fl<-list.files(datapath, pattern="\\.tped") but I get the following error message: Warning message: In list.files(datapath, pattern = "\\.tped") :...

Dear all, my R files (and the .csv files as well) are saved somewhere pretty deep down my hard disk. i have to chage to working directory therefore everytime i run R (i run it on powerPC mac), which is disgusting. using the setwd command at the beginning of an R script doesnt really help because i have to find this file first by hand. I am looking for possibility to run setwd during the launch process of R are straight after it ... any suggestions ? i would be very glad about good ideas or help ! thanks in advance m...

Hi Guys, I am new to R and just trying to write a small script to automate a couple commands. But I run into the setwd(): cannot change working directory. I googled a little bit and tried all fixes/suggestions with no success. Basically I have a script that works from inside a directory with my data (/home/sean/Rtest/Data01). Now I want to modify the script to make it run from the upper directory (/home/sean/Rtest)...

Below is a patch for setwd() to show path in error message. Current it just gives error messages such as: Error in setwd(libdir) : cannot change working directory with the patch it should (read untested) give: Error in setwd(libdir) : cannot change working directory to 'path/that/fails/' PATCH: % diff -u util....

...d within the same file). when i wrote the program for "tuesday" i had no problem running it, but when i changed the work directory to wednesday i got the "cannot change working directory" message. I don't understand what's different between the two. my first code was: setwd("/Users/user/Desktop/Recorded\ results/tuesday") and my second code is: setwd("/Users/user/Desktop/Recorded\ results/wednesday") and i copied the exact location from the terminal, so i can't have typos (i am using a mac, if that makes any difference). any suggestions? i...

Hello when I close and reopen R it gives back a different wd than what I used in setwd. how can I get it to permenently use dirname in setwd("dirname") and not the other name it keeps defaulting to? I am using W2K and ESS thanks

...testInstalledBasic("both") testInstalledPackages("base", errorsAreFatal = FALSE) testInstalledPackages("recommended", errorsAreFatal = FALSE) I am getting errors such as: > testInstalledPackages("base",errorsAreFatal=FALSE) Error in setwd(outDir) : cannot change working directory my working driectory is: >getwd() [1] "C:/Users/jpapa/Documents" In which I see R folder as well as the .rData from my last session. what does the wd have to do with the output directory? Do I need to create an output directory? DO I ne...

...ctories and move them around in planned ways. file.choose() is a nice way to select files. However, I've noticed that if file.choose() is called within a function, it is the directory from which that calling function has been invoked that is displayed by file.choose(). This is not altered if I setwd() within that function. Have I misunderstood something or is this an infelicity of file.choose(). sessionInfo() gives my system as R version 4.4.2 (2024-10-31) Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Running under: Linux Mint 22 I've a small example script. It actually helps to create nd1 and nd2 and gi...

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:18:11 +0100 Ana de las Heras Molina <andelash at ucm.es> wrote: > Error in setwd(dir) : no es posible cambiar el directorio de trabajo If you run traceback() first thing after getting this error, does it say anything useful? (Anything besides "No traceback available" would count as useful.) Do you have a file named .RData in your home directory? If yes, it may help...

I've run into a problem with dir.create on R2.2.0 Windows XP 2002 SP 2. setwd("d:/") print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\rdata", recursive=T)) print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\", recursive=T)) Both return false and fail to create the directories. setwd("c:/") print(dir.create("d:\\otis-sim\\rdata", recursive=T)) Returns true an...

hi members, is it possible to set the work directory ( e.g. via setwd() ) on a other computer than R has been started? thanks paul

Dear R list, I'm using R 2.15.2 with TeX Live 2009 and ESS 12.09 . I have a R project in the '/home/r/Documents/myproj/', which is my working directory (where I have the .Rnw file). Inside the document I have several "setwd()" to collect the datasets I use. After I compile from the terminal using "R CMD Sweave myproj.Rnw", I receive the error: Error in driver$finish(drobj) : the output file 'myproj.tex' has disappeared Calls: <Anonymous> -> do.call -> <Anonymous> -> <...

...em around in planned ways. file.choose() is a nice way to select > files. However, I've noticed that if file.choose() is called within a function, it is the > directory from which that calling function has been invoked that is displayed by file.choose(). > > This is not altered if I setwd() within that function. Have I misunderstood something or is this > an infelicity of file.choose(). sessionInfo() gives my system as > R version 4.4.2 (2024-10-31) > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > Running under: Linux Mint 22 > > I've a small example script. It actually helps...