Determine path of the executing script

Question

I have a script called foo.R that includes another script other.R, which is in the same directory:

#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
message(\         


        

Answer 1

If rather than the script, foo.R, knowing its path location, if you can change your code to always reference all source'd paths from a common root then these may be a great help:

• https://github.com/r-lib/rprojroot or https://rprojroot.r-lib.org/
• https://here.r-lib.org/

Given

• /app/deeply/nested/foo.R
• /app/other.R

This will work

#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
library(here)
source(here("other.R"))

See https://rprojroot.r-lib.org/ for how to define project roots.