[R] Saving R files

[Ista Zahn]

Hi David,

Again, please keep the list copied.

I think the documentation is clear, but if you still have doubts why
don't you try it and see?

Best,
Ista

On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:39 PM, David Parkhurst <parkhurs at imap.iu.edu> wrote:
> That talks about saving to file ".RData".
I'm still asking, can I save to
> files with an arbitrary name in any directory on my hard drive? Again, that
> may be implied, but I wasn't confident that if I saved my workspace that
> way, that I would be able get it back later, after working on other
> projects.  I'd like to put files in specific places where I can find them,
> such as to the file="C:\am\myfiles\ProjectA.RData" that I referred to in my
> original posting.
>
> David
>
>
> On 3/8/2014 11:29 PM, Ista Zahn wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:14 PM, David Parkhurst <parkhurs at imap.iu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The penultimate line in ?rm is "rm(list = ls())".  I don't see anything
>>> that
>>> specific in ?save, and that's why I asked.  Perhaps there's language in
>>> ?save that implies that to those more experienced in R than I am, but I'm
>>> not that experienced.
>>
>>
>> Yes--see e.g., the second paragraph of the description in ?save:
>>
>> "     ‘save.image()’ is just a short-cut for ‘save my current
>>       workspace’, i.e., ‘save(list = ls(all = TRUE), file = ".RData")’.
>>       It is also what happens with ‘q("yes")’."
>>
>> The documentation of the arguments list to save (especially the "list"
>> argument) will also tell you that you can pass a character vector of
>> object names to be saved. Such a vector can be returned from 'ls()'.
>>
>> Best,
>> Ista
>>
>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/8/2014 10:07 PM, Ista Zahn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi David,
>>>> Please keep the list copied, that will give someone else an
>>>> opportunity to respond to you as well (I've cc'd the list here).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 8:42 PM, IU <parkhurs at imap.iu.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you---but can't you tell from what I wrote that I DID read ?save,
>>>>> and didn't see the answer to my question there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To be honest, no. You say you guessed at the the syntax based on what
>>>> you read in ?rm. Why you would do that instead of referring directly
>>>> to ?save is made me suspect that you didn't actually read the
>>>> documentation, especially since the relevant arguments are the same in
>>>> both functions. At any rate, what is it you find unclear about the
>>>> documentation for the save function? It all seems pretty clear to me,
>>>> but then I've been reading R documentation for some time. Perhaps if
>>>> you explain what you didn't understand someone can help you clarify.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And thanks for the reminder about the FAQ.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sure, anytime.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Ista
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> DFP (iPad)
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 8:31 PM, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you actually read the help file for 'save'? The answer to your
>>>>>> fist question is there. The answer to your second question is in
>>>>>> section 2.16 of the 'R for Windows FAQ'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Ista
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:45 PM, David Parkhurst
>>>>>>> <parkhurs at imap.iu.edu>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Sometimes I don't understand the details of writeups I get, with
>>>>>>> ?save
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> the like.  Anyway, that's my problem now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can I do this (in Windows 7) to save everything that comes up with
>>>>>>> ls(),
>>>>>>> guessed at by what I find with ?rm:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> save(list=ls(),file="C:\am\myfiles\ProjectA.RData")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or would I need forward slashes, but this would otherwise work?  If
>>>>>>> not, how
>>>>>>> could I accomplish this goal?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>
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