On 03/03/2020 10:47 a.m., Ivan Calandra wrote:
That's what I was about to answer but tried first and it did not work. Now I tried more and noticed an unexpected behavior:getwd() [1] "C:/Users/.../Documents" file.choose() ## opens in "C:/Users/.../Documents" as expected setwd("D:/") getwd() [1] "D:/" file.choose() ## unexpectedly, opens in "C:/Users/.../Documents" setwd("D:/Data") getwd() [1] "D:/Data" file.choose() ## opens in "D:/Data" as expected Is that normal behavior?
If I recall correctly, the Windows GUI version opens the same directory as the user last selected (i.e. the dialog box remembers the last selection). This was by design, because Windows users often start the GUI with the working directory being the R home directory, and rarely use setwd() to change it.
On Windows, I think you always get that version. On other platforms it may depend on which front end you're using.
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