this.path: Get Executing Script's Path

Determine the path of the executing script. Compatible with several popular GUIs: 'Rgui', 'RStudio', 'Positron', 'VSCode', 'Jupyter', 'Emacs', and 'Rscript' (shell). Compatible with several functions and packages: 'source()', 'sys.source()', 'debugSource()' in 'RStudio', 'compiler::loadcmp()', 'utils::Sweave()', 'box::use()', 'knitr::knit()', 'plumber::plumb()', 'shiny::runApp()', 'package:targets', and 'testthat::source_file()'.

Version:	2.7.1
Depends:	R (≥ 2.15)
Suggests:	utils, jsonlite, microbenchmark, rprojroot
Enhances:	compiler, box, knitr, plumber, shiny, targets, testthat
Published:	2025-11-07
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.this.path
Author:	Iris Simmons [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Iris Simmons <ikwsimmo at gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/ArcadeAntics/this.path/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://github.com/ArcadeAntics/this.path
NeedsCompilation:	yes
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	this.path results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

this.path.html , this.path.pdf

Downloads:

Package source:	this.path_2.7.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: this.path_2.7.1.zip, r-release: this.path_2.7.1.zip, r-oldrel: this.path_2.7.1.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): this.path_2.7.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): this.path_2.7.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): this.path_2.7.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): this.path_2.7.1.tgz
Old sources:	this.path archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:

apmx, neptune, rfriend

Linking:

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