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Is there a way to programmatically find the path of an R script inside the script itself?
I am asking this because I have several scripts that use RGtk2 and load a GUI from a .glade file.
In these scripts I am obliged to put a setwd("path/to/the/script") instruction at the beginning, otherwise the .glade file (which is in the same directory) will not be found.
This is fine, but if I move the script in a different directory or to another computer I have to change the path. I know, it's not a big deal, but it would be nice to have something like:
setwd(getScriptPath())
So, does a similar function exist?
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A path is made up of folder names. If the path is to a file, then the path will ends with a file name. The folders and files of a path are separated by a directory separator (e.g., / or \ ). Different operating systems use different directory separators. In R, the function file.
The working directory in R is the folder where you are working. Hence, it's the place (the environment) where you have to store your files of your project in order to load them or where your R objects will be saved.
Summary. getwd() is a command that is used to display the current working directory. setwd() is a command that is used to point to a specific directory list. list.files is used to get everything in the directory or folders.
This works for me:
getSrcDirectory(function(x) {x}) This defines an anonymous function (that does nothing) inside the script, and then determines the source directory of that function, which is the directory where the script is.
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For RStudio only:
setwd(dirname(rstudioapi::getActiveDocumentContext()$path)) This works when Running or Sourceing your file.
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