| getwd {base} | R Documentation |
getwd returns an absolute filename representing the current
working directory of the R process; setwd(dir) is used to set
the working directory to dir.
getwd() setwd(dir)
dir |
A character string. |
getwd returns a character vector, or NULL if the
working directory is not available.
On Windows the path returned will use / as the path separator.
setwd returns the currrent directory before the change,
invisibly. It will give an error if it does not succeed.
These functions are not implemented on all platforms.
list.files for the contents of a directory.
(WD <- getwd()) if (!is.null(WD)) setwd(WD)