[R] filename of current device

[David Winsemius]

On May 14, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Andreas Leha wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> how do I find out about the filename, the currently open (let's say pdf)
> device is writing to?
> 
> If I find 'dev.cur()' returning 'pdf 3' when I expect 'nulldevice 1' I
> would like to know, which file that pdf device is actually targeting.
> 
> Any help for my poor organization is highly appreciated...
> 

Have your read the help file for pdf()? The first argument is the default naming mechanism:

file = ifelse(onefile, "Rplots.pdf", "Rplot%03d.pdf")

So if you call pdf() then it will write to the working directory with a named constructed from those choices.


> Regards,
> Andreas
> 
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David Winsemius
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