How to get R to recognize your working directory as its working directory?

Question

I use R under Windows on several machines.

I know you can set the working directory from within an R script, like this

setwd(\"C:/Documents and Setti         


        

Answer 1

If you're using Emacs/ESS, this isn't a problem. I navigate to the directory where my R script is located, open it, then start an R ESS process. An R console pops up with the current directory as R's working directory.

If you haven't converted to Emacs/ESS, I recommend it. (Though to prevent a flame war, I also note there are similar options for Vi users.)

Hope that helps.