[R] source() fails in same directory as script: cannot find file

[Jeff Newmiller]

FWIW the diagnosis of misspelling appeared, ah, miraculous as the OP appeared consistent in using the incorrect spelling and the diagnosis was not confirmed by the OP.

On October 27, 2018 1:38:40 PM PDT, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>On 27/10/2018 9:35 AM, Ista Zahn wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 10:42 PM Jeff Newmiller
>> <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't seen mention of what OS or filesystem types are involved,
>but it superficially looks like it might be one of those cases where
>the filesystem is case-sensitive... check that all your directory and
>file names are capitalized correctly.
>> 
>> Just out of curiosity -- are my messages to r-help not going through?
>> I correctly diagnosed the problem as a simple typo in my message on
>> Oct 26 at 2:54 PM, but then the discussion just continued as if that
>> never happened.
>
>I saw it.  I don't know why others didn't....
>
>Duncan Murdoch
>
>> 
>>>
>>> On October 26, 2018 1:11:19 PM PDT, Jeremie Juste
><jeremiejuste using gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I suspect the error is in the file input-summerize.R.
>>>>
>>>> I creating a new file input-summerize2.R with only print("hello")
>for
>>>> instance and check if
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>setwd("~/documents/white-papers/geochemistry/willamette-river-mercury/scripts")
>>>>> source("input-summerize2.R")
>>>>
>>>> works
>>>>
>>>> Hope it helps,
>>>>
>>>> Jeremie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rich Shepard <rshepard using appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Ista Zahn wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm confused. It seems the error is that the file can't be found;
>if
>>>>>> so, what does it matter what is in the file?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ista,
>>>>>
>>>>>    Beats me.
>>>>>
>>>>>> As far as I can see you are either not in the directory you think
>>>> you
>>>>>> are, or b) the file is not named what you think it is.
>>>>>
>>>>>    Yes, the error seems that R cannot find the file, but it's in
>the
>>>> same
>>>>> directory and the file does exist:
>>>>>
>>>>>> getwd()
>>>>> [1]
>>>>
>"/home/rshepard/documents/white-papers/geochemistry/willamette-river-mercury/scripts"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>~/documents/white-papers/geochemistry/willamette-river-mercury/scripts]$
>>>> ls input-summerize.R
>>>>> input-summerize.R
>>>>>
>>>>>    So, R is running in the scripts/ directory and the script is
>there,
>>>> too.
>>>>>
>>>>>    This is why I asked for help as the error makes no sense to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rich
>>>>>
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