[R] source file on startup question - why does an old version of a function show up? ggplot or R?

[Stephen Sefick]

Nothing like posting to the list to figure it out yourself.  defined the 
little sourcing function in .Rprofile as the .First file.  Now all is 
well.  Sorry for clutering everyones email boxes.
kind regards,

Stephen Sefick

On Fri 16 Nov 2012 08:52:00 AM CST, Stephen Sefick wrote:
>
> All,
>
> 1. I will try and make this clear and concise. Please let me know any
> information that would be helpful in figuring out this problem (I
> don't know the relevant information to post). I am on linux- see below
> for session information.
>
> 2. Problem:
> working directory: home
>
> an old version of a function is sourced into the R session and doesn't
> work
>
> working directory: Desktop
>
> the new version of the function is soured into the R session and works
>
> 3. I have setup a R_scripts folder that houses R scripts that I use on
> a regular basis, and I have set up my .Rprofile (below) to source
> these files when R is invoked.
>
> What should I do?
>
> .Rprofile:
>
> ###nothing yet###
>
> print("It's go time")
>
> #######################################################
> #####source my R_scripts directory on start up#########
> #######################################################
>
> scripts2source <- dir("/home/user/R_scripts", full.names=TRUE)
> R_scripts <- grep(".*\\.R$", scripts2source)
> scripts2source <- scripts2source[R_scripts]
>
> for(i in 1:length(scripts2source)){
> source(scripts2source[i])
> }
>
> #######################################################
> #######################################################
>
>
> #######################################################
> ################set help_type##########################
> #######################################################
>
> options(help_type="html")
>
> #######################################################
> #######################################################
>
>
>
> R session:
> R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
> Platform: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
> locale:
> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [3] LC_TIME=en_US.utf8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8
> [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.utf8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
> [7] LC_PAPER=C LC_NAME=C
> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] ggplot2_0.9.2.1
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] colorspace_1.1-1 dichromat_1.2-4 digest_0.5.2 grid_2.15.2
> [5] gtable_0.1.1 labeling_0.1 MASS_7.3-22 memoise_0.1
> [9] munsell_0.3 plyr_1.7.1 proto_0.3-9.2 RColorBrewer_1.0-5
> [13] reshape2_1.2.1 scales_0.2.2 stringr_0.6.1
>
> -- 
> Stephen Sefick
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> Biological Sciences
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> 36849
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> http://www.auburn.edu/~sas0025
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>
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>
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>
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>
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