[R] Writing audio files (.wav) in a different directory

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 31/01/2013 06:50, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> Put the directory name into the filename string. The syntax for doing that is somewhat OS dependent, but for most cases you can use "/" as the separator. You really should Google "file path" and your OS and learn how to do this, because it is broadly applicable outside of R (not an R-help question). Look for info on "absolute path" and "relative path".

Or see ?file.path in R, which is OS-independent.


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> Humberto Mohr <humberto.mohr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm trying to export a .wav file using the writeWave function from
>> tuneR
>> package in a different folder than the default getwd().
>> After reading through the manuals of some audio packages I couldn't
>> figure
>> it out.
>>
>> I'm picking one 3-hour .wav file and asking the function to take a
>> sample
>> of 1 minute (from minute 100 to minute 101 of the 3-hour file) and
>> saving
>> it in an object "rec".
>>
>> Here is what I'm doing:
>>
>> filename<-"QUm0B24x_SMS05_20100831_052100.wav"
>> min.ini<-100
>> min.fin<-101
>>
>> library(tuneR)
>> rec<-readWave(filename,min.ini,min.fin,"minutes")
>> writeWave(rec,"cut1.wav")
>>
>> It is writing the file in the same directory of the "filename" object.
>> What
>> I want to do is to write the "cut1.wav" file in a different folder.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
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