[R] Can't there be a cd command?

[Steve Buyske]

I believe Berton Gunter was trying to be helpful, as you didn't 
mention your operating system, rather than suggesting that Linux 
users read the Windows FAQ.

However, when I type (under OS X)

     help.search("directory")

the 6th line returned is

     getwd(base)             Get or Set Working Directory

which seems clear enough.

Steve Buyske




At 3:11 PM -0700 5/9/06, Issac Trotts wrote:
>I'm on Linux, so it didn't occur to me to look in the Windows FAQ
>until it came up in the Google search.  Why should Windows users be
>the only ones who learn how to change directories?
>
>Issac
>
>On 5/9/06, Berton Gunter <gunter.berton at gene.com> wrote:
>>  You do not say, but if you are on Windows see the R for Windows FAQ 2.14
>>  where getwd() is explicitly mentioned. setwd() is on the same man page.
>>
>>  Also the R for Windows File menu has a "Change dir ..." entry. So I think R
>>  core has already taken care of this, at least on Windows.
>>
>>  -- Bert Gunter
>>  Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics
>>  South San Francisco, CA
>>
>>  "The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning
>>  process."  - George E. P. Box
>>
>>
>>
>>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>  > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Issac Trotts
>>  > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 2:51 PM
>>  > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>  > Subject: [R] Can't there be a cd command?
>>  >
>>  > R is quite a powerful environment.  Here's a small way it
>>  > could be even better.
>>  >
>>  > I wanted to change the working directory, so I tried the obvious thing
>>  >
>>  > > cd("foo")
>>  > Error: couldn't find function "cd"
>>  >
>>  > Then I looked for `directory' in the FAQ but found nothing.  A search
>>  > for directory in the introduction also turned up nothing.
>>  >
>>  > A Google search for "gnu R change directory" brought up a link to the
>>  > Windows FAQ, and there was the answer: setwd.  Oddly enough, setwd is
>>  > not mentioned in the general FAQ, the introduction, or the language
>>  > definition.
>>  >
>>  > Hopefully someone can add a mention of setwd to the general FAQ or the
>>  > intro.  Even better would be to have a cd() command, since that's what
>>  > almost every beginner will try first.
>>  >
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