Make it so. Outside R. At the command line, use cd before you start R. This should feel natural.
In a GUI file browser, double clicking on a file type assigned to a program by default sets the containing directory to be current directory before kicking off the program, so double-clicking on an empty Project.RData file will do it. Or you can use RStudio Project.Rproj files the same way. On April 2, 2020 1:40:07 AM PDT, Ivan Calandra <calan...@rgzm.de> wrote: >Hi Jeff, > >But if I do not use setwd(), the current working directory is NOT the >project directory. > >That's what my problem is about... I guess I was not clear in my >email... > >Ivan > >-- >Dr. Ivan Calandra >TraCEr, laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments >MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and >Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution >Schloss Monrepos >56567 Neuwied, Germany >+49 (0) 2631 9772-243 >https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan_Calandra > >On 02/04/2020 10:37, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >> I recommend not using setwd. Then you can always assume your current >working directory is your project directory and reference relative to >that. >> >> On April 2, 2020 1:30:29 AM PDT, Ivan Calandra <calan...@rgzm.de> >wrote: >>> Dear useRs, >>> >>> I believe this is R code so appropriate for this list, but let me >know >>> if this relates more to RStudio itself. >>> >>> I am working on an RStudio project. In that project directory, I >have a >>> folder called 'analysis' and in there a folder called 'scripts' >>> ('~/analysis/scripts'). >>> My data files needed for the scripts are in '~/analysis/raw_data' >and >>> the output should be in '~/analysis/derived_data'. >>> >>> My scripts are Rmd files, so when I knit them, their working >directory >>> is where they are located, i.e. '~/analysis/scripts'. The problem I >>> then >>> have is to specify the path for 'raw_data' and 'derived_data' since >>> during the rendering I am not relative to the project directory >>> anymore. >>> And these folders are not subfolders of the working directory >>> '~/analysis/scripts'. >>> I hope I am clear here... >>> >>> I would like to avoid absolute paths of course, but I do not know >how >>> to >>> proceed. >>> What would be nice is a way to get the project directory in the >>> scripts, >>> rather than their working directory. >>> Does that make sense? >>> >>> Thank you in advance >>> Best, >>> Ivan > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
