Thanks. Indeed I missed the dot. It might be good to have an example that specifies the directory path.
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 1:39 PM, James Reilly wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
