[R] .Rprofile problems

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

I think the problem may be that Windows Explorer does not allow a name
starting with `.'.   However, the command-line and decent editors do.

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Christian Schulz wrote:

> ...your .Rprofile is "automatic integrated" when
> you starts R. You don't need to load it
> in your workspace !
> You can modify the settings  in    /etc/Rprofile

I assume you mean ...\rw1061\etc\Rprofile.  That's not the same though, as
it is executed into package base and not the user workspace.

See ?Startup for a fuller explanation.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fredrik Lundgren" <fredrik.lundgren at norrkoping.mail.telia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 6:36 PM
>
> I'm using
>          _
> platform i386-pc-mingw32
> arch     i386
> os       mingw32
> system   i386, mingw32
> status
> major    1
> minor    6.1
> year     2002
> month    11
> day      01
> language R
>
> and can't get a .Rprofile file into my workspaces.
> The system doesn't accept the name .Rprofile
> How do I get such a file into my workspaces?


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