>
> 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).
Instead of trying to work out where your script is located, when you
source it in, just make sure the working directory is set correctly:
source("/path/to/my/script.r", chdir = T)
chdir is the very useful, but under advertised, argument to source().
Hadley
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Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair
Department of Statistics / Rice University
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