R: Set Environment Variables from a File

readRenviron {base} | R Documentation

## Set Environment Variables from a File

### Description

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.

### Usage

    readRenviron(path)

### Arguments

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

### Value

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

### See Also

`Startup` for the file format.

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    ## re-read a startup file (or read it in a vanilla session)
    readRenviron("~/.Renviron")

    ## End(Not run)

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