Thanks to all you numerous r-helpers, the problem is solved!  It's so much
easier when someone explains. I was going crazy trying to understand the
manual on my own!

Thanks again to everyone!

GF

On 10/25/06, Pierce, Ken <ken.pierce@oregonstate.edu> wrote:
>
> You can edit the below file which runs during R startup. This is where
> you might put a .First file.
> I have a bunch of functions I've written so I have a line in this file
> that sources my functions file.
> You can also put library commands here to autoload stuff you always
> want.
>
>
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.3.1\etc\Rprofile.site
>
> ##############Example below
>
> # Things you might want to change
>
> # options(papersize="a4")
> # options(editor="notepad")
> # options(pager="internal")
>
> # to prefer Compiled HTML help
> # options(chmhelp=TRUE)
>
> # to prefer HTML help
> # options(htmlhelp=TRUE)
>
>   options(IDE = 'C:/Program files/Tinn-R/bin/Tinn-R.exe')
>   options(use.DDE = TRUE)
>
>   library(svIDE)
>   library(svSocket)
>   library(svIO)
>   guiDDEInstall()
>
> source("C:\\Rprojects\\functions\\Rfunctions.r")
>
>
> .First <- function(){
>    cat("\n Rrrr! The Pirates statistics program!\n\n")
>
>   }
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Grateful Frog
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:17 AM
> To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] How to start R with a file loaded?
>
> Hi!
>
> I've made great progress in my R programming, but I am again stuck on a
> beginner's problem.
>
> I would like to start R with a command line that loads a file, and if
> possible, executes a function.
>
> Can anyone  give me an example of how to do this?
>
> For example, in lisp, I would say:
>
> $ lisp -load toto.lisp -eval '(do-something $PORT)'
>
> to load the file "toto.lisp", then evaluate the expression with the
> shell envt variable bound properly.
>
> I'd like to do this in R, but can't figure it out!
>
> Thanks,
> GF.
>
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