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I/O & Files

readRenviron

R Base 3.6.2

Read as file such as .Renviron or Renviron.site in the format described in the help for Startup, and set environment variables as defined in the file.

Syntax

R
readRenviron(path)

Arguments

Parameter Description
path A length-one character vector giving the path to the file. Tilde-expansion is performed where supported.

Return Value

Scalar logical indicating if the file was read successfully. Returned invisibly. If the file cannot be opened for reading, a warning is given.

Examples

Example
R
# NOT RUN {
## re-read a startup file (or read it in a vanilla session)
readRenviron("~/.Renviron")
# }

See Also

Startup for the file format.