[R-SIG-Mac] [R] Reading outdated .Rprofile file

[Simon Kiss]

Hi David:
I installed R 2.15.3 and I also looked for another .Rprofile file using the find unix, but could not find one.  It only returned the file in my root directory (~/users/simon/.rprofile). But as I noted in my earlier  post, the contents of .rprofile is *different* from what R is picking up. I have the feeling that it is picking up another file, but for the life of me I cannot find it. I tried searching in the R home directory (via R.home()) but it's not there either.  How do I find this other .rprofile file?
Simon

On 2013-03-05, at 1:14 PM, David Winsemius wrote:

> Preamble: There is a dedicated R-Mac-SIG list where this would have been more appropriately directed. and followups should be directed there (and the R-help address removed so we do not have two simulatnaous threads.)
> 
> On Mar 5, 2013, at 8:38 AM, Simon Kiss wrote:
> 
>> Hi there:
>> I'm having a weird problem with my startup procedure. R.app is reading an unknown .Rprofile file.
>> 
>> First, I'm on a Mac Os 10.6.8 running R.app 2.15.0
> 
> There have been several updates to the R.app that went with R 2.15.0 that should not be at all disruptive to acquire. R.app version numbers are not in sync with R versions so that doesn't tell us what R.app you have. This is the current R.app (based on what is at the r.research.att.com website) : Mac OS X GUI rev. 6451
> 
>> 
>> On startup
>>> getwd()
>> [1] "/Users/simon"
>> 
>> But: the contents of my .Rprofile file in my home directory when viewed with a text editor are:
> 
> What is your "home directory" and does your understanding agree with what you see when you use the Preferences panel from within a running version of R.app? 
> 
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> 
> 
> I'm also running OSX 10.6.8, but R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26) Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit). Looking at the Get Info panel for the GUI I see I am also somewhat out-of-date: R.app GUI 1.53 (6335 Leopard build 64-bit).
> 
> I noticed that R 2.15.3 is now available. (I had been checking over the last several days and this is the first time I noticed that it had appeared.)
> 
> 
> 
>> .First<-function() {
>> 	 source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/trim.leading.R")
>> 	source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/trim.trailing.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/trim.R")
>>     source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/pseudor2.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/dates.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/andersen.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/tabfun.R")
>> 	source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/cox_snell.R")
>>  	source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/cor.prob.R")
>> 	   	source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/kmo.R")
>> 	   	source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/residual.stats.R")
>> 	   		source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/missings.plot.R")
>> 	}
>> 
>> 
>> but then, when I type .First from the command line I get
>> function () 
>> {
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/sample_size.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/pseudor2.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/dates.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/andersen.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/tabfun.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/cox_snell.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/cor.prob.R")
>>   source("/Users/simon/Documents/R/functions/kmo.R")
>> }
>> 
>> Needless to say, I get an error because the file sample.size.R was deleted a long time ago.
>> 
>> So how do I get R.app to read the updated .Rprofile file?
> 
> Could there be another .Profile file? (They are invisible by default in the MacOS using Finder.app.)
> 
> -- 
> 
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
> 

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