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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

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

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

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

Buenas noches Javier y José, Estoy en contra de usar attach(), asi que propongo la siguiente alternativa con with(): # paquete require(epicalc) # los argumentos en ... pasan de epicalc:::cc # ver ?cc para mas informacion foo <- function(var1, var2, var3, ...){ or1 <- cc(var1, var2, ...) or2 <- cc(var1, var3, ...) list(or1 = or1, or2 = or2) } # datos x <-

Hi Marna, Assuming that you are descending into different subdirectories from the same directory: directories<-c("dir1","dir2","dir3") for(directory in directories) { setwd(directory) # do whatever you want to do # then return to the directory above setwd("..") } This will allow you to start and finish in the same directory. Jim On Fri, Apr 13,

Hi, I think it is not possible in R but I rather ask before giving up: What I have: I have copied "C:\Program Files\R" into my clipboard. What I want: setwd(transform("C:\Program Files\R")) where the function transform should change the "C:\Program Files\R" from my clipboard to "C:\\Program Files\\R" so that R can handle it. Is this possible? I've

Hello, I am a new user of R, and I am not able to read/scan external files. I am working in a Linux environment. I have read through the R FAQ and documents and have not been successful using the recommendations. Below are several scripts I've used and the error messages. . I've cc'd Brandon Whitcher because it was recommended in another FAQ. I read that this is a bug that

Is there a way to know where is the source, so as to make a source call inside another source smarter? As an example: file1.R is in directory /files/dir1/ file2.R is in directory /files/dir1/dir2/ In file1.R, there is this line: source("dir2/file2.R") So, if I setwd to /files/dir1/, and then I call source("file1.R"), it will run correctly. However, if I setwd to /files,