getwd                  package:base                  R Documentation

Get or Set Working Directory

Description:

     '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'.

Usage:

     getwd()
     setwd(dir)

Arguments:

     dir: A character string.

Value:

     'getwd' returns a character vector, or 'NULL' if the working
     directory is not available.

     'setwd' returns the current directory before the change,
     invisibly.  It will give an error if it does not succeed.

Note:

     These functions are not implemented on all platforms.

See Also:

     'list.files' for the _contents_ of a directory.

Examples:

     (WD <- getwd())
     if (!is.null(WD)) setwd(WD)

