The trial “test” script worked, as well as adding getwd() to my current script also fixed the problem. So it seems “file=“ isn’t necessary after all to run from the terminal.
Thanks everyone for your help! :-) > On Aug 4, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:04 AM, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: >>> You probably need to ask this on a RStudio forum but my guess is it is just >>> a little 'refinement' that the RStudio people added. Similar in concept o >>> the the matching "". >> >> Really? write.csv(data,”/home/data.csv”) works for me in Rstudio, ESS, >> Terminal, Rscript etc. > > Well, actually I misspoke. I don't actually have permission to write > to "/home" on my system. But > > write.csv(data, "~/data.csv") > > works. > >> >>> >>> John Kane >>> Kingston ON Canada >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: demmi...@gmail.com >>>> Sent: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:51:24 -0600 >>>> To: r-help@r-project.org >>>> Subject: [R] write.csv file= question >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have a quick question about the “file=“ specification for the command >>>> write.csv. When I run this command in Rstudio I do not need the >>>> “file=“ specified. For example the below command works just fine. >>>> >>>> write.csv(data,”/home/data.csv”) >>>> >>>> However when I am running an Rscript from the terminal and putting it in >>>> the background I need to specify “file=“. So for the example above I >>>> need to instead have >>>> >>>> write.csv(data,file=”/home/data.csv”) >>>> >>>> Any ideas why this is the case? Writing file= isn’t a problem, just >>>> trying to get an idea of how R works better. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>>> 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. >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? >>> Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
