> Furthermore can I run following command on R? >> rm /home/userA/.RData
.RData contains all of the objects in a workspace (your data, functions etc.). If you start R in a directory that contains a .RData file it will be loaded automatically. If you delete the file you are deleting your data. Does that answer your question ? Michael ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.