[R] file.choose()

[Ivan Calandra]

Hi Rui,

I hadn't checked it, but indeed, calling file.choose() a second time
works as expected when it doesn't the first time already.

Best,
Ivan

--
Dr. Ivan Calandra
TraCEr, laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments
MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and
Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution
Schloss Monrepos
56567 Neuwied, Germany
+49 (0) 2631 9772-243
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan_Calandra

On 04/03/2020 10:45, Rui Barradas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is off-topic, it's been a while since I update my version of
> Windows.
>
> Running R 3.6.3, RGui on Windows 7, sessionInfo() below.
>
> The unexpected behavior I got is different from those posted so far.
> In all cases the dialog window was closed without choosing a file.
> Note: I don't have a directory C:\data so I changed to the home dir.
>
> old_dir <- getwd()
> old_dir
> #[1] "C:/Programas/R/R-3.6.3/bin/x64"
>
> file.choose()    # works, current dir was not changed
>
> setwd('~/')
> getwd()
> #[1] "C:/Users/Rui/Documents"
>
> file.choose()    # doesn't work, still in
> "C:/Programas/R/R-3.6.3/bin/x64"
> file.choose()    # works at the second time
>
> setwd('C:/')
> getwd()
> #[1] "C:/"
>
> file.choose()    # doens't work, still in "C:/Users/Rui/Documents"
> file.choose()    # works at the second time
>
> setwd(old_dir)
> getwd()
> #[1] "C:/Programas/R/R-3.6.3/bin/x64"
>
> file.choose()    # doesn't work, still in "C:/"
> file.choose()    # works at the second time
>
>
> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29)
> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
> Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1
>
> Matrix products: default
>
> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=Portuguese_Portugal.1252 LC_CTYPE=Portuguese_Portugal.1252
> [3] LC_MONETARY=Portuguese_Portugal.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [5] LC_TIME=Portuguese_Portugal.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] compiler_3.6.3
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
>
>
> Às 08:05 de 04/03/20, Ivan Calandra escreveu:
>> Thanks Petr for checking.
>>
>> This unexpected behavior is reproducible on my machine, both with the
>> RGui and RStudio, both with R3.6.2 and 3.6.3.
>>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29)
>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>> Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18362)
>> Matrix products: default
>> locale:
>> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_United
>> Kingdom.1252
>> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United Kingdom.1252
>> LC_NUMERIC=C
>> [5] LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] compiler_3.6.3 tools_3.6.3
>>
>> Couldn't be that it behaves differently when the working directory is
>> the root of the drive (D:/) vs. a folder on the drive (D:/Data)?
>>
>> Ivan
>>
>> -- 
>> Dr. Ivan Calandra
>> TraCEr, laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments
>> MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and
>> Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution
>> Schloss Monrepos
>> 56567 Neuwied, Germany
>> +49 (0) 2631 9772-243
>> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan_Calandra
>>
>> On 04/03/2020 7:55, PIKAL Petr wrote:
>>> Hi Ivan
>>>
>>> I tried your examples and they behave as expected. Second one opens
>>> D:/ and
>>> third should be setwd("D:/Data/") to open in Data folder.
>>>
>>>> sessionInfo()
>>> R Under development (unstable) (2019-07-21 r76854)
>>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>>> Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18363)
>>>
>>> So the problem is in your setting.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Petr
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of Ivan Calandra
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 4:48 PM
>>>> To: r-help using r-project.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [R] file.choose()
>>>>
>>>> That's what I was about to answer but tried first and it did not work.
>>>> Now I tried more and noticed an unexpected behavior:
>>>>
>>>> getwd()
>>>> [1] "C:/Users/.../Documents"
>>>> file.choose() ## opens in "C:/Users/.../Documents" as expected
>>>>
>>>> setwd("D:/")
>>>> getwd()
>>>> [1] "D:/"
>>>> file.choose() ## unexpectedly, opens in "C:/Users/.../Documents"
>>>>
>>>> setwd("D:/Data")
>>>> getwd()
>>>> [1] "D:/Data"
>>>> file.choose() ## opens in "D:/Data" as expected
>>>>
>>>> Is that normal behavior?
>>>>
>>>> Ivan
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Dr. Ivan Calandra
>>>> TraCEr, laboratory for Traceology and Controlled Experiments MONREPOS
>>>> Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural
>>>> Evolution
>>>> Schloss Monrepos
>>>> 56567 Neuwied, Germany
>>>> +49 (0) 2631 9772-243
>>>> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan_Calandra
>>>>
>>>> On 03/03/2020 16:36, David Winsemius wrote:
>>>>> On 3/3/20 7:29 AM, Dennis Weygand wrote:
>>>>>> How do I change the default directory that file.choose()
>>>>>> (Windows-10)
>>>>>> uses?
>>>>>
>>>>> ?setwd
>>>>>
>>>>>
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