Re: [R] How do I tell it which directory to use?
I think the idea of defining dir1 and dir2 is a good one. If you want to simplify life even further, you can put these into files that get initialised when R starts. See help(Startup) for details. Regards, Adai On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 16:54 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, You can define your working directory by using: setwd(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\R Project Started 19 Dec 05) check that your file is there: list.files() and then use: source(myFile.txt) the machine should load myFile You can go to another directory: setwd(anotherdir) and repeat the procedure. Or even better if you define a number of directories in an external file: dir1 - c(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\) dir2 - c(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\) and after loading the file at the beginning of the sesion you can use: setwd(dir1) etc. Is it of any help to you? Cheers, Augusto Augusto Sanabria. MSc, PhD. Mathematical Modeller Risk Research Group Geospatial Earth Monitoring Division Geoscience Australia (www.ga.gov.au) Cnr. Jerrabomberra Av. Hindmarsh Dr. Symonston ACT 2609 Ph. (02) 6249-9155 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas L Jones Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2006 4:31 PM To: R-project help Subject: [R] How do I tell it which directory to use? From Tom: In R 2.2.0 under Windows, I want to be able to give it a filename such as myFile.txt without the quotes. But actually I mean: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\R Project Started 19 Dec 05\myFile.txt If I were to repeat this each time, my computer would get all bored and cranky and start to drop bits (only a joke, of course). I think I want to set the Home directory or the working directory or some directory or other to the above directory. I may or may not want to set some environmental variables. R 2.2.0; working directly from the console and copying and pasting code which I want to test into the console. Windows XP Home Edition. Administrator privileges are enabled. A curve ball: There are two accounts, Tom and Jones; the data are stored under Tom, whereas the computation is being done under the Jones account. I won't bore you with the details of why I am doing this. I was able to call Sys.getenv (R_USER) and get the home directory. I am a newbie to R and not familiar with the terminology. Tom Thomas L. Jones, Ph.D., Computer Science __ 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 __ 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 __ 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
[R] How do I tell it which directory to use?
From Tom: In R 2.2.0 under Windows, I want to be able to give it a filename such as myFile.txt without the quotes. But actually I mean: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\R Project Started 19 Dec 05\myFile.txt If I were to repeat this each time, my computer would get all bored and cranky and start to drop bits (only a joke, of course). I think I want to set the Home directory or the working directory or some directory or other to the above directory. I may or may not want to set some environmental variables. R 2.2.0; working directly from the console and copying and pasting code which I want to test into the console. Windows XP Home Edition. Administrator privileges are enabled. A curve ball: There are two accounts, Tom and Jones; the data are stored under Tom, whereas the computation is being done under the Jones account. I won't bore you with the details of why I am doing this. I was able to call Sys.getenv (R_USER) and get the home directory. I am a newbie to R and not familiar with the terminology. Tom Thomas L. Jones, Ph.D., Computer Science __ 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
Re: [R] How do I tell it which directory to use?
I think you want getwd() and setwd(). HTH, Simon. Thomas L Jones wrote: From Tom: In R 2.2.0 under Windows, I want to be able to give it a filename such as myFile.txt without the quotes. But actually I mean: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\R Project Started 19 Dec 05\myFile.txt If I were to repeat this each time, my computer would get all bored and cranky and start to drop bits (only a joke, of course). I think I want to set the Home directory or the working directory or some directory or other to the above directory. I may or may not want to set some environmental variables. R 2.2.0; working directly from the console and copying and pasting code which I want to test into the console. Windows XP Home Edition. Administrator privileges are enabled. A curve ball: There are two accounts, Tom and Jones; the data are stored under Tom, whereas the computation is being done under the Jones account. I won't bore you with the details of why I am doing this. I was able to call Sys.getenv (R_USER) and get the home directory. I am a newbie to R and not familiar with the terminology. Tom Thomas L. Jones, Ph.D., Computer Science __ 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 -- Simon Blomberg, B.Sc.(Hons.), Ph.D, M.App.Stat. Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia T: +61 2 6125 7800 email: Simon.Blomberg_at_anu.edu.au F: +61 2 6125 0757 CRICOS Provider # 00120C __ 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
Re: [R] How do I tell it which directory to use?
Tom, You can define your working directory by using: setwd(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\R Project Started 19 Dec 05) check that your file is there: list.files() and then use: source(myFile.txt) the machine should load myFile You can go to another directory: setwd(anotherdir) and repeat the procedure. Or even better if you define a number of directories in an external file: dir1 - c(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\) dir2 - c(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\) and after loading the file at the beginning of the sesion you can use: setwd(dir1) etc. Is it of any help to you? Cheers, Augusto Augusto Sanabria. MSc, PhD. Mathematical Modeller Risk Research Group Geospatial Earth Monitoring Division Geoscience Australia (www.ga.gov.au) Cnr. Jerrabomberra Av. Hindmarsh Dr. Symonston ACT 2609 Ph. (02) 6249-9155 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas L Jones Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2006 4:31 PM To: R-project help Subject: [R] How do I tell it which directory to use? From Tom: In R 2.2.0 under Windows, I want to be able to give it a filename such as myFile.txt without the quotes. But actually I mean: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\R Project Started 19 Dec 05\myFile.txt If I were to repeat this each time, my computer would get all bored and cranky and start to drop bits (only a joke, of course). I think I want to set the Home directory or the working directory or some directory or other to the above directory. I may or may not want to set some environmental variables. R 2.2.0; working directly from the console and copying and pasting code which I want to test into the console. Windows XP Home Edition. Administrator privileges are enabled. A curve ball: There are two accounts, Tom and Jones; the data are stored under Tom, whereas the computation is being done under the Jones account. I won't bore you with the details of why I am doing this. I was able to call Sys.getenv (R_USER) and get the home directory. I am a newbie to R and not familiar with the terminology. Tom Thomas L. Jones, Ph.D., Computer Science __ 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 __ 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
Re: [R] How do I tell it which directory to use?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, You can define your working directory by using: setwd(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\R Project Started 19 Dec 05) Thanks for your contribution to R-help, but: No, see the R for Windows FAQs which tell you to use \\ or / rather than \! check that your file is there: list.files() and then use: source(myFile.txt) the machine should load myFile You can go to another directory: setwd(anotherdir) and repeat the procedure. Or even better if you define a number of directories in an external file: dir1 - c(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\) dir2 - c(C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\) See above + don't forget the quotes! and after loading the file at the beginning of the sesion you can use: setwd(dir1) etc. In this case without quotes! setwd(dir1) Please don't confuse other R-help readers and try to be more precise in your answers. Uwe Ligges Is it of any help to you? Cheers, Augusto Augusto Sanabria. MSc, PhD. Mathematical Modeller Risk Research Group Geospatial Earth Monitoring Division Geoscience Australia (www.ga.gov.au) Cnr. Jerrabomberra Av. Hindmarsh Dr. Symonston ACT 2609 Ph. (02) 6249-9155 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas L Jones Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2006 4:31 PM To: R-project help Subject: [R] How do I tell it which directory to use? From Tom: In R 2.2.0 under Windows, I want to be able to give it a filename such as myFile.txt without the quotes. But actually I mean: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents\qpaper7\R Project Started 19 Dec 05\myFile.txt If I were to repeat this each time, my computer would get all bored and cranky and start to drop bits (only a joke, of course). I think I want to set the Home directory or the working directory or some directory or other to the above directory. I may or may not want to set some environmental variables. R 2.2.0; working directly from the console and copying and pasting code which I want to test into the console. Windows XP Home Edition. Administrator privileges are enabled. A curve ball: There are two accounts, Tom and Jones; the data are stored under Tom, whereas the computation is being done under the Jones account. I won't bore you with the details of why I am doing this. I was able to call Sys.getenv (R_USER) and get the home directory. I am a newbie to R and not familiar with the terminology. Tom Thomas L. Jones, Ph.D., Computer Science __ 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 __ 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 __ 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
