unix

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 17:17:14 +0100 (CET),
Roger Bivand (RB) wrote:

RB> Both yes and no - I don't think you can change the working directory,
RB> because system() runs a shell process to termination:

system("pwd")

RB> /home/rsb

system("cd tmp")
system("pwd")

RB> /home/rsb

system("cd tmp; pwd")

RB> /home/rsb/tmp

system("pwd")

RB> /home/rsb

RB> Is there a way to do this too?


Sure, using setwd():

system("pwd")

/home/Leisch/bin

setwd("/tmp")

NULL

system("pwd")

/tmp

best,
.f
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