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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

[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 I modify my script so it

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

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 the help

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 the "graphics" folder in File2 because of

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") : list.files: '/nfs/home/m/cremer/gaw/data/traws_chrs/'

Folks, A small group of us are working together to develop a set of R functions to support data management and analysis using Eclipse/StatET in a Windows environment. We are using Git/EGit for version control. We work within our own repository and occasionally push to a common remote location. I'd like to have the code source files from the 'local' git repository without

I've been working on a small personal project that needs to select files for manipulation from various directories 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

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

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025, Michael Chirico wrote: > The current documentation of ?on.exit reads [1] > >> `on.exit` records [`expr`] as needing to be executed when the current function exits... > > This is almost always how it is used, however I don't see that as > explaining this other common way to use on.exit(): > > local({ > old = setwd(...) >

The current documentation of ?on.exit reads [1] > `on.exit` records [`expr`] as needing to be executed when the current function exits... This is almost always how it is used, however I don't see that as explaining this other common way to use on.exit(): local({ old = setwd(...) on.exit(setwd(old)) readLines(...) }) There's not really a "function" here. It may be

Try choose.files choose.files(default = file.path(mydir, "*.*"), multi = FALSE) On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 10:33?AM J C Nash <profjcnash at gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been working on a small personal project that needs to select files for manipulation from > various directories and move them around in planned ways. file.choose() is a nice way to select > files.

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

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

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 and succesfully

I believe file.choose() remembers the last choice, and repeats that location the next time you call it. This is true when it is called at top level or from within a function. The first time you call it in a session, it will default to the current working directory, but not after that. Front ends are allowed to replace the underlying function, so that may depend on which front end you are

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

Hi, I need to write program to run some results from an experiment. i have the results saved in 2 different files, named "tuesday" and "wednesday" (both located 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

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.c "util,patch.c" --- util.c 2012-12-16 13:13:05.002249900

Dear helpers, I've looked in the help files (maybe not very thoroughly but I looked) and I couldn't find a straightforward way to permanently set the working directory (where I save and read files). Each time I startup R the working dir is automatically "C:/R/bin" [using:getwd()], and I know I can change it using setwd [for example setwd("C:/R/DATA"), but it's only