R - Startup (Script) - Rprofile

About

Code can be called during the initialization of an R session.

For more information on the initialization sequence of R on startup, type help(Startup) in the R Console.

Management

Location

The system wide .Rprofile is searched in:

The user .Rprofile file is searched by order of precedence in:

  • the R_PROFILE_USER environment
  • the current directory
  • or in the user's home directory
path.expand("~")

Example

  • add the following lines of code to the Rprofile.site file located below the top-level R installation directory <R_HOME>\etc\Rprofile.site:
library(ORE)
 
# Change the following connection settings:
user     <- "scott"
password <- "tiger"
sid      <- "mysid"
host     <- "myhost"
port     <- 1521
all      <- TRUE
 
cat("Connecting to ORE\n")
cat("    User:", user, "\n")
cat("    SID: ", sid, "\n")
cat("    Host:", host, "\n")
ore.connect(user, sid, host, password, port, all)

Documentation / Reference

help(.Rprofile)
help(Startup)

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