An additional note for Windows. The directory name needs to be written as "C:/Project/Working directory" or "C:\\Project\\Working directory" as opposed to the usual way of referencing directories in Windows.
AA wrote: > use setwd() and getwd(). see ?setwd > or on the shortcut properties tab, set the target directory to your working > dir and have > as many shortcuts as working directories. > working with R commands does it for me. > all the best. > A. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Bill Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: R help list <r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2007 9:41:35 AM > Subject: [R] setting new working directories > > Hello, and Happy New Year. My default working directory is getting very > cluttered. I know that I should be using a different working directory for > each project (I work in Windows), but do not know how to go about creating > different ones and moving back and forth between them. I have read Venables > & Ripley (Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS, 1994) but this seems out of > date with respect to this topic and have searched through the documentation > but cannot find a clear explanation for doing this. Can someone point me to > the proper documentation for creating and using different working > directories from within Windows (please, no comments about switching to > UNIX...). > Thanks. > > Bill Shipley > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > 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. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > 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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list 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.