Set base folder

Source: R/utils.R

sets/gets given folder path if provided else checks in order:

  • path.expand("~") (tilde (~) expands to HOME folder path)

  • Sys.getenv("R_USER") (set on R session start)

  • Sys.getenv("USERPROFILE") (Windows specific)

get_base_folder(folder_path = NULL)

Arguments

folder_path

character, default NULL, else existing directory

Value

character folder path

Examples

get_base_folder()
#> [1] "C:/Users/Home/Documents"