From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: :dir argument does not seem to be working Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:13:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42408) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvaH-0006JV-BO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:13:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvaF-00059x-2d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:13:25 -0400 Received: from mail-vb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41]:55127) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzvaE-00059n-U7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:13:22 -0400 Received: by vbkv13 with SMTP id v13so2241640vbk.0 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:13:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:05 PM, John Hendy wrote: > Here's a hopefully reproducible example: > > ---------- > > * Test > > #+header: :dir C:/Users/username/Desktop :file test.png > #+begin_src R :session R :results output graphics :exports results > setwd("C:/Users/username/Documents") > x <- 1:10 > y <- x^2 > plot(x,y) > #+end_src > > ---------- > > I prefer to use R on Linux, but need to stay in Windows at work > sometimes. I'm trying to export my plots to a different directory than > the org file I'm using. I tend to start R in > "C:/Users/username/Documents" on Windows 7 because that's where I set > my library directory and R has trouble loading things if I don't start > there first, load my libraries, and then move to my data directory. > > In any case, for the above, when I switch to the R session called =R=, > and do =getwd()= I get C:/Users/username/Documents, which is where the > png ends up, not on the Desktop. > > Is this something in my usage I'm doing wrong? > > > Thanks, > John Oddly, the first time I now open this file and execute the block, the file shows up on the Desktop. If I delete it and re-execute, it puts it in C:/Users/username/Documents! Why would this be? I used =setwd()= above just to make sure R was elsewhere than the Desktop because I have another file in which I thought :dir was working properly, but in fact it was just the default R dir and so the plots were going there anywhere. Changing the working dir caused the :dir on that block to reveal that it wasn't working after all. In the above, even removing the =setwd()= line produces the same behavior. First time creates file on Desktop, subsequent times puts it in Documents.