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with_dir

Working directory

Description

Temporarily change the current working directory.

Usage

with_dir(new, code)

local_dir(new = list(), .local_envir = parent.frame())

Arguments

`new`	`[character(1)]` New working directory
`code`	`[any]` Code to execute in the temporary environment
`.local_envir`	`[environment]` The environment to use for scoping.

Value

[any]
The results of the evaluation of the code argument.

Examples

getwd()

with_dir(tempdir(), getwd())

withr

Run Code 'With' Temporarily Modified Global State

v2.4.2

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Jim Hester [aut, cre], Kirill Müller [aut], Kevin Ushey [aut], Hadley Wickham [aut], Winston Chang [aut], Jennifer Bryan [ctb], Richard Cotton [ctb], RStudio [cph]

Initial release