[R] Execute R with *.RData argument

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Bio7 wrote:

>
> Dear R developers,
>
> i would like to start R with a *.RData argument under Linux.
> Something like R -f /home/user/workspace.RData
>
> Is this possible?

$ R
...
> load("/home/user/workspace.RData")

or put that line in your .Rprofile -- see ?Startup.

(My guess is that you are used to the facility for drag-and-drop on 
Windows.  Also, please re-read 'An Introduction to R' for the supported 
command-line arguments -- '-f' is supported but this is not what it does.)

>
> Thanks in advance for any answers.
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