[R] Upgrading to new versions of R.

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Alistair Merrifield <Alistair.Merrifield at med.govt.nz> writes:

> Whenever I update to a new version of R (by downloading the appropriate
> binaries from CRAN), I lose whatever functions and datasets I have stored in
> the saved workspace of the previous version of R that I was running. Is it
> possible to source/input this workspace from the previous version of R into
> the new updated version, so I don't lose anything? And if so, where could I
> locate the workspace amoungst the files on my computer?
> 
> Thanks, Al.
> 
> (I have just upgraded from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2, both Windows versions).
> 
> Al Merrifield

Um, *where* do you store your workspaces? If you store them in the bin
directory of the current distribution and then begin using another
directory as your startup directory, then it's no wonder that your
files disappear. Have you set a start-up directory in the shortcut for
R?  

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