[R] Why can I reset directory in using setwd on desktop but not on laptop
WRAY NICHOLAS
nicholas.wray at ntlworld.com
Fri Oct 9 22:34:16 CEST 2015
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: WRAY NICHOLAS <nicholas.wray at ntlworld.com>
> To: peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
> Date: 09 October 2015 at 21:33
> Subject: Re: [R] Why can I reset directory in using setwd on desktop but
> not on laptop
>
>
> Thanks for your questions Peter
>
> Both machines are PCs
>
> In the R routine on my desktop I am changing the place where I store the
> various csv files by commands like
>
> setwd("C:/Users/Nick/Documents/08915Trent/Outmatstore") where I'm storing
> particulur matrices (outmats) as csv files. If I then say
>
> setwd("C:/Users/Nick/Documents/08915Trent/Resmatstore") to store another
> kind of matrix (resmats) as csv files elsewhere, the desktop is quite happy
> with this and lets me change and read.csv and write.csv without problems
>
> But, having created on my laptop exactly the same path ie
> C:/Users/Nick/Documents/08915Trent/Outmatstore or Resmatstore etc (that is, I
> have exactly the same folders nested in the same way on both machines), if I
> try to change horses in midstream, so to speak, I get an error message
>
> Error in setwd("C:/Users/Nick/08915Trent/Resmatstore") :
> cannot change working directory
>
> Not only this, but the laptop will not let me write to any path except one
> involving C:/Users/Nick etc that is if I try to write to any folder not part
> of the main administrator's path then it won't let me
>
> If I do getwd() on either machine before or after the attempt
> (unsuccessful on laptop) tochange directory I get whichever is the current
> directory, ie the new one on the desktop and the old one on the laptop...
>
> ?
>
> Thanks, Nick
>
> > >
> > On 09 October 2015 at 20:29 peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 09 Oct 2015, at 17:58 , WRAY NICHOLAS
> > > <nicholas.wray at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Sarah I didn't realise that there was a distinction between
> > > between
> > > asking about R per se and asking about r-studio... I shall try
> > > specifying the
> > > path and see whether that helps Thanks, Nick
> >
> > The key part of the story is not necessarily Rstudio specific,
> > though:
> >
> > You said that your laptop "won't allow me to reset the directory by
> > a setwd command".
> >
> > Now what makes you think that? I can imagine a number of
> > misinterpretations that might lead you there without it actually being true.
> > So:
> >
> > - Is there an error message?
> > - What exactly did you type in?
> > - Does the directory actually exist on both machines?
> > - Are we talking about machines with the same architecure? (e.g., is
> > one a PC and the other one a Mac?)
> > - If you do a getwd() before and after the setwd(), what happens?
> >
> > -pd
> >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> On 09 October 2015 at 16:51 Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sounds like an RStudio question to me. Someone might be able to
> > >> help,
> > >> but this mailing list is for R.
> > >>
> > >> You should also provide sessionInfo() output when asking
> > >> potentially
> > >> OS-related questions.
> > >>
> > >> You can always specify path as part of the write.csv() or other
> > >> output
> > >> command; you don't need to change the working directory
> > >> necessarily.
> > >>
> > >> Sarah
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:43 AM, WRAY NICHOLAS
> > >> <nicholas.wray at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > >>> Hi I am running the same r routine on both my desktop and my
> > >>> laptop, and
> > >>> writing results in the form of csv files into storage folders in
> > >>> the
> > >>> respective
> > >>> users/documents files of both machines My desktop machine allows
> > >>> me to
> > >>> reset
> > >>> the directory in the course of the r programme so that I can
> > >>> write the
> > >>> files
> > >>> into different folders which makes it easier to keep track of
> > >>> what's
> > >>> what,
> > >>> whereas my laptop won't allow me to reset the directory by a
> > >>> setwd
> > >>> command, and
> > >>> I have to set the directory manually using the r studio tabs, so
> > >>> basically on
> > >>> the laptop every results file is going into the same folder,
> > >>> which is
> > >>> not
> > >>> unworkable but not as easy to use later
> > >>>
> > >>> As far as I know I have the same r studio on both machines. Does
> > >>> anyone
> > >>> out
> > >>> there know a) why I can't use a setwd command on the laptop, and
> > >>> b)is
> > >>> there
> > >>> anything I can do to put this right?
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks beforehand, as it were
> > >>>
> > >>> Nick Wray
> > >>
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