[R] Setting .Rprofile for RStudio on a Windows 7 x64bit

[Jeff Newmiller]

You type each expression interactively at the R console and look at the path it prints. Then you know where to look, or if no file exists there then you know where to put the file you want to be there. 
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On April 15, 2017 12:14:32 PM PDT, BR_email <br at dmstat1.com> wrote:
>Bill:
>Thanks for reply.
>Sorry, I do not understand it.
>For example, where do I put "file.path(getwd(), ".Rprofile")" ?
>
>Bruce
>
>  
>
>William Dunlap wrote:
>> I think the site-specific R profile should be, using R syntax
>>     file.path(R.home("etc"), "Rprofile.site") # no dot before the
>capital R
>> The personal R profile will be
>>     file.path(Sys.getenv("HOME"), ".Rprofile") # there is a dot
>before capital R
>> but if a local R profile,
>>     file.path(getwd(), ".Rprofile") # there is a dot before capital R
>> exists it will be used and the one in HOME will not be.  (getwd()
>should
>> be the startup directory.)
>>
>>
>> Bill Dunlap
>> TIBCO Software
>> wdunlap tibco.com
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 9:06 AM, BR_email <br at dmstat1.com> wrote:
>>> Hi R-helpers:
>>> Can you offer assistance in my getting .Rprofile and .Rprofile.site
>to run
>>> in RStudio?
>>> When I start RStudio nothing happens.
>>> I have put .Rprofile in [1] and [2], and .Rprofile.site in [2].
>>>
>>> Below, the info I believe you need to know.
>>> Thanks, in advance, for any help.
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> The .Rprofile and .Rprofile.site are R-type files, which contain the
>two
>>> lines below.
>>> Also, I tried the profile files as text files.
>>> options(prompt="R> ")
>>> set.seed(12345)
>>>
>>>> Sys.getenv("HOME") [1] "C:/Users/BruceRatner/Documents"
>>>> Sys.getenv("R_HOME") [2] "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3"
>>>
>>>
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