R setting working directory to source file location?

Asked Jan 17 '16 at 21:24

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But this function prints error:

this.dir <- dirname(parent.frame(2)$ofile)
setwd(this.dir)

Error in dirname(parent.frame(2)$ofile) : a character vector argument expected

How can I set working directory to source file location?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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asked Jan 17 '16 at 21:24

ргдшщ

What does parent.frame(2)$ofile give you? – Dason Jan 17 '16 at 21:41
> parent.frame(2)$ofile NULL – ргдшщ Jan 17 '16 at 21:43
Are you running the file using source? – Dason Jan 17 '16 at 21:49
im dont understand, im create new empty R file test.r and im want write comand.which will be change working directory – ргдшщ Jan 17 '16 at 21:57
Works for me. I have `/tmp/test.R` with `print(dirname(parent.frame(2)$ofile))` and `source("/tmp/test.R")` prints `"/tmp"` as expected. What **exactly** are you doing? – Spacedman Jan 17 '16 at 22:49
im run commend print(dirname(parent.frame(2)$ofile)) But its return error Error in dirname(parent.frame(2)$ofile) : a character vector argument expected – ргдшщ Jan 18 '16 at 19:17

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