[R-SIG-Mac] import data Mac OS

[Ben Bolker]

On 05/02/2011 09:28 AM, Thor Jensen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am unable to write a pathway to .csv files saved on my computer.  I
> can get this to work on a windows machine, but the mac returns a
> message saying the file does not exist.  Any tips on how to import
> data on mac's?  For example, the below line was unsuccesful.
> read.csv(file="Macintosh HD:Users:ThorJ:Desktop:heightweight.csv"
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Thor
> 
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   Try working your way to the file interactively within R using

(fn <- file.choose())

  and see what R thinks the file is really called.