I think you missed the dot at the end, that's all. You want: open -a R . James -- James Reilly Department of Statistics, University of Auckland Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
On 9/12/07 2:13 PM, John Maindonald wrote: > I notice that 4.3.3 says" > > "Finally it is possible to use a specific directory for a single > R session by dragging a folder onto the R.app icon. If R.app > is not runnig, this will cause R.app to be started in the > directory corresponding to the folder dragged. The same > can be achieved on the command line - for example > open -a R . causes R.app to be started using the current > directory as the startup working directory." > > The final statement seems incorrect, at all events without > some further pre-conditions: > > At the terminal: > > ch2$ pwd > /Users/johnm/r/ch2 > ch2$ ls -lt .RData > -rw-r--r-- 1 johnm johnm 2980 9 Dec 11:31 .RData > ch2$ open -a R > > At the R console that is started: > > > getwd() > [1] "/Users/johnm/r" > > sessionInfo() > R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26) > i386-apple-darwin8.10.1 > > locale: > en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/C/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8 > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > Incidentally is making copies of R.app an appropriate way to > allow multiple simultaneous sessions of the R Gui? Or is there > some more direct way to achieve this? > > John Maindonald. > > John Maindonald email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone : +61 2 (6125)3473 fax : +61 2(6125)5549 > Centre for Mathematics & Its Applications, Room 1194, > John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (Building 27) > Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200. > > > On 9 Dec 2007, at 10:57 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote: > >> On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:37 PM, Loren Engrav wrote: >> >>> Using Mac 10.4.11 >>> And sessionInfo() say >>> >>>> sessionInfo() >>> R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26) >>> powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.1 >>> >>> locale: >>> en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>> >>> >>> Directory is ABC and history is XYZ >>> So I change directory to FGH and history to QRS >>> Then I quit R and say save workspace >>> >>> Then I start R >>> And am back to workspace ABC and history XYZ >> Well, if ABC and XYZ is in home and you didn't change the default >> settings and started R.app directly then that is exactly as expected. >> >> >>> Would seem I should be at FGH and QRS >>> >> Why? That would be quite bad as FGH and QRS have nothing to do with >> your home. The whole point of changing a directory is usually exactly >> the fact that you don't want to overwrite the workspace in your home. >> >> >>> What am I missing? Is it staring me in the face and I cannot see it? >>> >> I'd say reading 4.3.3 in the R for Mac FAQ may possibly explain this a >> bit ... >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> PS: Please use R-SIG-Mac for Mac-specific questions. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
