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Reputation:

R set working directory to current folder

I am currently working on a joint project, with all the files stored in a Dropbox. To avoid changing the working directory every time we change something, we use the following code:

this.dir = dirname(parent.frame(2)$ofile)
setwd(this.dir)

This is working fine when sourcing the code in Rstudio, but we are looking for a solution that is working outside RStudio.

The team is working on Mac and Windows.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4956

Answers (1)

Felipe Sulser
Felipe Sulser

Reputation: 1195

For Windows, locate the file "Rprofile.site". In there, there will be set the following command setwd("PATH_TO_WD")

The same goes for Mac, the file is usually located at /etc/R/ path.

Just change the setwd in that file and everytime you launch R, the working directory will be set to the directory you want.

EDIT: In my Windows computer, the file is located at "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\etc

Upvotes: 1

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