getwd {base} | R Documentation |
Get or Set Working Directory
Description
getwd
returns an absolute filename representing the current
working directory of the R process; setwd(dir)
is used to set
the working directory to dir
.
Usage
getwd()
setwd(dir)
Arguments
dir |
A character string. |
Value
getwd
returns a character vector, or NULL
if the
working directory is not available.
setwd
returns the current directory before the change,
invisibly. It will give an error if it does not succeed.
Note
These functions are not implemented on all platforms.
See Also
list.files
for the contents of a directory.
Examples
(WD <- getwd())
if (!is.null(WD)) setwd(WD)