[R] Is there any function equivalent to Rgui's File--Save to File (menu bar) command ? (R for Windows)

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Akio Sone wrote:

> Dear R users:
>
> I would like to know whether or not there is some auxiliary function for the
> Windows Port that emulates Rgui's Fille|Save to File [menu bar] command,
> analogous to flush.console().

That's nothing like what flush.console () does.

> More specifically,  what I want to do is to insert such a function in .Last
> function in .Rprofile to automatically save the contents of the console as
> an ASCII text file whenever I quit Rgui.  Or is there any system parameter
> that represents the contents of the console and can be used as an argument
> of save command?

savehistory().  If you save the workspace the history is saved too.
This is standard (cross-platform) R behaviour.

Note: this saves the input: neither the menu nor the command save the
output in the Rgui console window, and theat is not retained.

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