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Locating and opening/ updating the Rprofile.site file in MAC

Running RStudio in MAC (not server) and would like to know where to locate the Rprofile.site file in my working directory. Yes I have read ?Startup and I know exactly what I want to do with it (provided I find the file first) and yes I know where my getwd() is.

I have also gone through a bunch of posts in SO already which vaguely touch on/ answer this. Surely this will keep coming up so I will ask the question: Is there a literal file we can open and update with all the great start up code that has been shared and if so, where is it located in a MAC directory OR is there something more to it as I cannot locate this file.

1 answer I found mentions to create a text file then use terminal to copy visible contents of text file to invisible Rprofile? INVISIBLE??

Upvotes: 1

Views: 823

Answers (1)

Carl Witthoft
Carl Witthoft

Reputation: 21502

Rprofile.site and .Rprofile are different files. Only files with a lead "." are treated as invisible by the Mac Finder. You didn't specify which OSX version you're using. If it's pre-Mountain Lion, you can IIRC use System Preferences to choose to display invisible files in Finder windows. Apparently it's more difficult in MountainLion. There are third-party tools like Onyx which allow you do set invisibility as well.

Given all that, I recommend you check the FAQ and forums at RStudio for specific info on where RStudio's installation expects to see these files.

Upvotes: 1

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