[R] Re lative paths in R?

[Etienne B. Racine]

Maybe if you could send that path via the arguments, you could get them back
using commandArgs().
Then you can setwd() and paste() to generate paths.


julien cuisinier wrote:
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> I use the R CMD BATCH to run a file of R commands (from php for info)
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> This file of R commands contains a line to source a configuration file
> "source('path/conf.R')"
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> In this configuration file I define some variables, e.g. the path of some
> file (uploaded before this R CMD using php) "PathUpload <- 'path/uploads'"
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> What I would like to achieve is to make this "PathUpload" relative to were
> R is at the time I launch it using the R CMD BATCH command
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> so I would end up with something like "PathUpload <- './uploads'" (as in
> php in this example)
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> I could not find anything in help or previous posts...any feedback on
> feasibility appreciated
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> Thanks & regards,
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> Julien 
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