[R] Changing working directory

[Uwe Ligges]

Walter Paczkowski wrote:
> Good morning,
> 
> I keep copies my .RData file in different directories for different projects on Windows XP.  There is an icon on my desktop for each project so all I have to do is click on the icon to open R for a specific project, i.e. a specific .RData file.  How do I change to another .RData file from within R without first closing R?


Best practice is to avoid using Workspaces at all.
If you really want to do what you are asking for:

# save current workspace, if you really ...
save.image()
# clean up current Workspace:
rm(list=ls(all=TRUE))
setwd("/path/to/other/.RData")
load(".RData")

Uwe Ligges


> Thanks,
> 
> Walt Paczkowski
> 
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