Try this: PATH <- dirname(sys.frame(1)$ofile)
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Stu Field <s...@colostate.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > Forgive me if this question has been addressed, but I was unable to find > anything in the r-help list or in cyberspace. My question is this: is there > a function, or set of functions, that will enable a script to detect its own > path? I have tried file.path() but that was not what I was looking for. It > would be nice to be able to put all the related scripts I use in the same > folder with a "master" script and then source() them in that "master" > script. Problem is, the "master" script must first know where it is (without > me having to open it and retype the path every time I move it). > > Any ideas? > Stu > > ps. I found this on the internet but a) I couldn't understand it, and b) it > didn't work: > > frame_files <- lapply(sys.frames(), function(x) x$ofile) > frame_files <- Filter(Negate(is.null), frame_files) > PATH <- dirname(frame_files[[length(frame_files)]]) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Stu Field, PhD > Postdoctoral Fellow > Department of Biology > Colorado State University > 1878 Campus Delivery > Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878 > Office: E208 Anatomy/Zoology > Phone: (970) 491-5744 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.
