[R] problem with system.file

[Jim Lemon]

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Jim

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Pau Marc Muñoz Torres
<paumarc at gmail.com> wrote:
> i could make it worl, thanks for your help, it was usefull
>
> Pau Marc Muñoz Torres
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> 2017-05-22 15:38 GMT+02:00 Pau Marc Muñoz Torres <paumarc at gmail.com>:
>
>> hi to you both
>>
>>  You are right peter, I probably miss understood the system.file function.
>> I was trying to use it with a package from bioconductor and when i saw that
>> it didn't work for me, I tested with readxl and still do not working, so I
>> am doing something wrong with system.file
>>
>> the original script was
>>
>>
>> library(SICtools)
>>
>> bam1 <- system.file(package='SICtools','extdata','example1.bam')
>>
>> the example1.bam file is supposed to be at the working directory (i
>> changed the directory using setwd()), it was changed to /home/paumarc/Bam
>>
>>  i tried to change extdata for my working directory but it did not work
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Pau Marc Muñoz Torres
>> skype: pau_marc
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/paumarc
>> http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pau_Marc_Torres3/info/
>>
>>
>> 2017-05-22 14:53 GMT+02:00 peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> > On 22 May 2017, at 14:43 , Pau Marc Muñoz Torres <paumarc at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hello everybody
>>> >
>>> > I am trying to use system.file but it returns not file found
>>> >
>>> > what I have done is
>>> >
>>> >> sample <- system.file("results.xlsx","estdata", package =
>>> > "readxl",mustWork = TRUE)
>>> > Error in system.file("results.xlsx", "estdata", package = "readxl",
>>> > mustWork = TRUE) :
>>> >  no file found
>>> >
>>> > i have checked the path was correct and the file exists with
>>> >
>>> > FILES <- file.path("results.xlsx")
>>> > present <- file.exists(FILES)
>>> >
>>> > and it returned a true values. Anyone can tell me which can be the
>>> problem ?
>>>
>>> Not if you don't tell us WHERE you expect to find the file...
>>>
>>> Where is it located, and what is the value of FILES above?
>>>
>>> It is not unlikely that you misunderstande what system.file() is supposed
>>> to do.
>>>
>>> -pd
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > thanks
>>> >
>>> > Pau Marc Muñoz Torres
>>> > skype: pau_marc
>>> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/paumarc
>>> > http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pau_Marc_Torres3/info/
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