Mac fail to setwd:error in cannot change in working directory

Asked Mar 14 '19 at 15:47

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I was trying to change my working directory from the default one in R. I tried both

setwd('~/Users/Weindependent/Desktop/GSE/EDU 767/Assignment') and setwd('Users/Weindependent/Desktop/GSE/EDU 767/Assignment')

but still get the error

Error in setwd("/Users/Weindependent/Desktop/GSE/EDU 767/Assignment") : cannot change working directory

I also tried to define

workdirec <- "/Users/Weindependent/Desktop/GSE/EDU 767/Assignment" setwd(workdirec)

but still get the same error

What is the problem?

asked Mar 14 '19 at 15:47

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If you're working with Rstudio try this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33692296/having-trouble-setting-working-directory – RLave Mar 14 '19 at 15:57
Also, double check your path to make sure it actually exits, and you don't have a typo in it. – Mako212 Mar 14 '19 at 16:00
In addition to @Mako212 . Try using getwd() to find the path you are currently using, copy, paste and modify it into setwd() – Hector Haffenden Mar 14 '19 at 20:54
You can always use `choose.dir()` to verify the path too – Mako212 Mar 14 '19 at 20:55

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