Ok, so Rdata goes to the directory one is working in; and so will have Rdata's in many folders which seems strange
As for Rhistory if one declines to save workspace, Rhistory is written to the directory specified; if one saves workspace Rhistory is written to both the directory specified and the workspace directory, ie to both; this also seems strange And the troubled history is attached This seems problematic; not knowing where these files are going and winding up with many; and then the forgetful Rhistory as well Thank you > From: Rob Goedman <robjgoed...@me.com> > Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 12:20:51 -0700 > To: Loren Engrav <eng...@u.washington.edu> > Cc: "r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app history forgets > > Loren, > > Thanks for the screen shot. > > A bit more experimentation and a quick look at the code refreshed my > memory. > > If you exit R, .RData is always written to the directory you are in. > > In your setting, on q() to quit, R.app should ask for conformation to > save the workspace. > > If you don't change your directory it should create a .RData in your > home directory (that's where your R.app started). > > Preferences do not provide help here, but you could create a .Last > function with a save.image() command in it to force storing the .RData > file to a fixed directory. In that case you can opt to set the Quit > preferences to 'No' (don't ask me to store the workspace). > > For history its a (tiny) bit more flexible. By selecting an absolute > path, like you have in your setting, it will always store the current > available history commands in that file (including the ones that were > read in during startup, so the new commands are at the end of the file). > > If this does not work for you, can you send me your ~/.Rhistory file > after executing a last new command in R.app, maybe something like > 'testHist <- 1' and quitting R.app? > > As you found in the archives, a few folks did have trouble (usually > because R.app could not write to the selected directory). > > After this email it might be better to take this discussion off-line. > > Regards, > Rob > > > On May 5, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Loren Engrav wrote: > >> Thank you >> attached >> >> >>> From: Rob Goedman <robjgoed...@me.com> >>> Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 11:36:25 -0700 >>> To: Loren Engrav <eng...@u.washington.edu> >>> Cc: "r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch> >>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app history forgets >>> >>> Loren, >>> >>> Can you send me a screen copy of the Startup preferences ( with the >>> cursor inside the Startup Preferences window, press Command-Shift-4, >>> followed by pressing the spacebar, followed by a click of the mouse >>> button, this should write it to your Deskop as 'Picture 1'). >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> On May 5, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Loren Engrav wrote: >>> >>>> Mac OS 10.5.5 and R.app 2.9.0 >>>> >>>> I start up, run a few things, and quit (w or wo save) and no >>>> directory >>>> changes >>>> >>>> Then I restart and the recent commands are no longer in Rhistory >>>> >>>> The only box I have checked in History preferences is Read on >>>> Startup and I >>>> have max entries set to 5000 >>>> >>>> I see queries about this before but I could find no solution >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>>> R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >> >> <Picture 3.png> > > On May 5, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Loren Engrav wrote: > >> Thank you >> The return before clicking anywhere else solved that problem, clever >> >> So I trash all invisible .Rhistory and .Rdata files >> Then made a new folder (called R_History_Data) and aim Preferences >> at this >> folder (using the return) >> Then run R.app and yes, I have one .Rhistory and one .Rdata in that >> folder >> >> But then I change the working directory and do some stuff >> Then quit and save working directory >> And now I have two of each invisible files, one in R_History_Data >> and one in >> the working directory folder >> >> So it still appears as I move from directory to directory I will leave >> invisible .Rhistory and .Rdata files all over >> >> Is it possible to have Rhistory and Rdata always written to the >> R_History_Data folder?
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