[R-SIG-Mac] import data Mac OS

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 2 May 2011, Ben Bolker wrote:

> 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
>>
>   Try working your way to the file interactively within R using
>
> (fn <- file.choose())
>
>  and see what R thinks the file is really called.

On a Mac that can be confusing since there are so many links (try 
finding files under /tmp for example).

Assuming this is Mac OS X, the file is most likely called 
"/Users/ThorJ/Desktop/heightweight.csv": Classic MacOS (which used :) 
was last supported several years ago.

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