R: setwd delay when using file.choose

Question

So what im doing is making my browse button so that when i click on them bring the user straight to the directory that i want them to save their file in or look for their file.

For example

     setwd("C:\\Users\\Eric\\Desktop\\Program\\graphs") #set directory
     file.choose()

However in the earlier script i have already set my work directory at

    setwd("C:\\Users\\Eric\\Desktop\\Proram") #set directory

so when i ran the first example it brought me to directory Program instead of graphs . but when i ran file.choose() on the second time, it then brought me to the graphs directory why is this happening? any idea how to fix this ?

I can't reproduce this. Want to give us `sessionInfo()`? – Thomas Oct 26 '13 at 10:14 — Thomas, Oct 26 '13 at 10:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '13 at 13:14

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Here's a quick and dirty solution to your problem:

 dirPath <- "C:\\Users\\Eric\\Desktop\\Program\\graphs"
 setwd(dirPath)
 # Tell R to sleep until the current directory matches the expected directory
 while(getwd() != normalizePath(dirPath)) {
   Sys.sleep(0.02)
 }
 file.choose()

answered Oct 26 '13 at 13:14

Scott Ritchie

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Thanks , this totally worked! However , i realized if i were to transfer this script into another pc.... the setwd wont work cause the directory Eric will be different :/ . Thanks tho love this dirty solution of yours ! – Napmi Oct 26 '13 at 18:33

R: setwd delay when using file.choose

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