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Get script directory

Source: R/FUNCTIONS.R
get_script_directory.Rd

Returns the directory of the currently active script as a string with a trailing slash. Works across multiple environments: RStudio, command line execution, and generic R sessions.

Usage

get_script_directory()

Value

A character string with the directory path, always ending with "/"

Details

The function tries three approaches in order:
1. If RStudio is available, uses rstudioapi to get the active document path
2. If running from the command line via Rscript --file=, parses the file argument
3. Falls back to getwd() as a last resort

Note

The fallback to getwd() may not reflect the script's actual location if the working directory has been changed during the session.

Examples

# Returns the directory of the active script in RStudio
directory <- get_script_directory()
directory
#> [1] "C:/Users/dzach/Documents/GitHub/rwf/docs/reference/"