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[Rui Barradas]

Hello,

It's better to keep this on the list, the odds of getting more and 
better answers are greater.
You need to type getwd() with the parenthesis and no arguments. It 
always returns something (the current wd).

Rui Barradas

Em 10-03-2014 18:00, Jon Nash escreveu:
> Hi Rui,
> Nothing of value is returned by getwd either.
>
> Jon
>
>
> On 11 March 2014 00:10, Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt
> <mailto:ruipbarradas at sapo.pt>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     The function setwd returns the previous working directory invisibly
>     so "nothing happens" might mean that there is no apparent feedback.
>     You can see if it changed the wd with getwd().
>
>     Hope this helps,
>
>     Rui Barradas
>
>     Em 10-03-2014 10:58, Pascal Oettli escreveu:
>
>         Hello,
>
>         And what are you expecting the command "setwd" to do?
>
>         Regards,
>         Pascal
>
>         On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Jon Nash
>         <jon.nash at hvhs.school.nz <mailto:jon.nash at hvhs.school.nz>> wrote:
>
>             I have just installed R 3.0.3 on Windows 7.
>
>             I open up the GUI and type setwd("c:/users/jon") and press
>             return. Nothing
>             happens, Ive tried manuals, forums etc ...
>
>             An ex-student needs help using this program.  I spent 7
>             years as an IT
>             consultant before becoming a maths teacher so Im better than
>             average with
>             IT and I cant get it to do anything at all.  What's up?  Any
>             help greatly
>             appreciated.
>
>             Jon
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