Re: [R] set working directory

[Spencer Graves]

        I agree with Uwe:  I just tried "setwd" missing a quote in R 
1.9.1 alpha and got "syntax error".  When I had quotes paired but the 
name was not a valid directory, I got the error Louize reported:  "Error 
in setwd(dir) : cannot change working directory".  When I gave a valid 
directory, the command worked. 

     To make sure I don't make spelling errors in a directory under 
Windows 2000, I copy the address from the Windows Explorer into 
something like MS Word first, replace "\" with "/" and then copy the 
result into R. 

     hope this helps.  spencer graves
Uwe Ligges wrote:
Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global) wrote:
Try adding a missing singe quote (') at the end of your working 
directory.

setwd('d:/folder_name')  

Well, that was a mispelling in the mail, but not in the real example, 
since not specifying the quote causes a syntax error.

I'm quite sure the folder-name was misspelled in the real example.....
Uwe Ligges

S.
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Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 13:38
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Subject: [R] set working directory
I have just upgraded from rw1081 to rw1090 (using Windows 2000).
Now when I type the command:

setwd('d:/folder_name)

I get the following error message:
Error in setwd(dir) : cannot change working directory
If I use the "change dir" tab in the file menu i can sucessfully change
working directories, but this is not so convenient as i have my whole 
model
stored as a text file that I prefer to copy into R.

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