[R] setwd problems

[Sundar Dorai-Raj]

Joan Serra wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am using R for Windows and I receive error messages when trying to
> change my working directory:
> 
> 
>>setwd('C:\BACC_R')
> 
> Error in setwd(dir) : cannot change working directory
> 
> I would really appreciate your help,
> Joan Serra
> 

Hi Joan,

Please review the following:

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/rw-FAQ.html

In rw-FAQ 4.1 it says:

<quote>
4.1 What should I expect to behave differently from the Unix version of R?
<snip>
Paths to files (e.g. in source()) can be specified with either "/" or "\\".
</quote>

Try setwd('C:/BACC_R') or setwd('C:\\BACC_R').


--sundar