I tested using org-mode's `make repro` clean Emacs & org-mode environment instance. It works fine. I double checked my Emacs init file about R settings. Have not found suspicious config.
Here is my reproduce test.


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On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM stardiviner <numbchild@gmail.com> wrote:
This seems not working, I have following example:

In Org mode file "~/Org/Programming/R/test.org"

#+begin_src R :results graphics file :dir "images" :file "hist_rnorm.png"
x <- rnorm(100)
print(mean(x))
hist(x)
#+end_src

#+RESULTS[(2025-01-14 11:19:59) 2387108d2b01bf63b1eac4044a7430ea7ba87466]:
[[file:images/hist_rnorm.png]]

The generated plot image "images/hist_rnorm.png" is NOT in
"~/Org/Programming/R/images/hist_rnorm.png". It's in "~/Org/hist_rnorm.png".

My environment:
- Emacs version: GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (commit nil)
- Org mode version: 9.8-pre (using branch "main" latest commit "c2d57df0e")

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On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 4:42 PM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> I'd like to hear from ob-R/ob-julia users whether the current behavior
> is something they rely on. If not, I'd prefer to follow the conventions
> we introduce in the manual and suppress the ESS's directory prompt.

The responses expressed no objections to the change.
So, ob-R and ob-julia now obey the working directory conventions common
for the rest of babel backends - use default-directory or :dir; no
queries.

Closed.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=62b88d613e

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