[R] Limit in Directory Hierarchy?

[Jeff Newmiller]

This is the wrong place to ask what RStudio can or cannot do. However, if your question is about R you should try invoking your reproducible example in RGui or the command line R.exe before posting here. 

R has no directory depth limit. There is an operating system limit on returning paths more than 260 characters long, and this seems to create problems sometimes (Google it). You might also look at operating system permissions for the "0318.data" directory. 

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Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.

On March 25, 2018 12:55:33 PM PDT, WRAY NICHOLAS via R-help <r-help at r-project.org> wrote:
>A quick question - is there a limit to the number of levels one can go
>down when setting the directory in R studio?
>I ask because I have been trying to set the directory to a folder 8
>levels down which R studio won't allow, and when I try to set the
>directory through Session/Set Working Directory, it won't even show the
>lowest level folder:
>
>setwd("C:/Users/supermollusc/Desktop/151017 Shellfish/Mussel
>Months/Mussel Mar 18/0318.data")
>
>but it's quite happy to set the directory at 7 levels
>
>setwd("C:/Users/supermollusc/Desktop/151017 Shellfish/Mussel
>Months/Mussel Mar 18")
>
>I can't see why it won't do this if there isn't a hierarchy level limit
>but I can't find reference to one on the net
>
>Thanks
>
>Nick Wray
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