[R] Setting .Rprofile for RStudio on a Windows 7 x64bit

[BR_email]

Bill:
Thanks for reply.
Sorry, I do not understand it.
For example, where do I put "file.path(getwd(), ".Rprofile")" ?

Bruce

  

William Dunlap wrote:
> I think the site-specific R profile should be, using R syntax
>     file.path(R.home("etc"), "Rprofile.site") # no dot before the capital R
> The personal R profile will be
>     file.path(Sys.getenv("HOME"), ".Rprofile") # there is a dot before capital R
> but if a local R profile,
>     file.path(getwd(), ".Rprofile") # there is a dot before capital R
> exists it will be used and the one in HOME will not be.  (getwd() should
> be the startup directory.)
>
>
> Bill Dunlap
> TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com
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>
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 9:06 AM, BR_email <br at dmstat1.com> wrote:
>> Hi R-helpers:
>> Can you offer assistance in my getting .Rprofile and .Rprofile.site to run
>> in RStudio?
>> When I start RStudio nothing happens.
>> I have put .Rprofile in [1] and [2], and .Rprofile.site in [2].
>>
>> Below, the info I believe you need to know.
>> Thanks, in advance, for any help.
>> Bruce
>>
>> The .Rprofile and .Rprofile.site are R-type files, which contain the two
>> lines below.
>> Also, I tried the profile files as text files.
>> options(prompt="R> ")
>> set.seed(12345)
>>
>>> Sys.getenv("HOME") [1] "C:/Users/BruceRatner/Documents"
>>> Sys.getenv("R_HOME") [2] "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3"
>>
>>
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