See http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/Rhelp08/2009-March/192978.html
You can do something like:
default.search = paste(getwd(),"/*.txt",sep="")
infile2 = choose.files(default.search,filters =
Filters[c("txt","All"),], caption = "Choose ECD datafile")
Schalk Heunis
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:57 PM, <mdusa...@umn.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to set the directory for choose.files as follows:
>
> [R2.9.0 running on XP]
>
> setwd("C:/Documents and Settings/2/Data")
> getwd()
>
> infile2 = choose.files(filters = Filters[c("txt","All"),], caption = "Choose
> ECD datafile")
> #<...do a bunch of stuff...>
>
> It appears the working directory isn't updated until after choose.files()
> executes. getwd() returns the correct path, as set by setwd(), but the path
> does not appear to be used by choose.files() unless I execute choose.files()
> a second time.
>
> Help. Thanks.
>
> Martin
>
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