[R] Is a .R script file name available inside the script?

[Roger D. Peng]

I think you might want 'commandArgs()' which gives you the original 
command line call.

-roger

Darren Weber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> if we have a file called Rscript.R that contains the following, for example:
> 
> x <- 1:100
> outfile = "Rscript.Rout"
> sink(outfile)
> print(x)
> 
> and then we run
> 
> 
>>>source("Rscript.R")
> 
> 
> we get an output file called Rscript.Rout - great!
> 
> Is there an internal variable, something like .Platform, that holds
> the script name when it is being executed?  I would like to use that
> variable to define the output file name.
> 
> Best, Darren
> 
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