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PATH environment variable

Source: R/path.R
with_path.Rd

Temporarily change the system search path.

Usage

with_path(new, code, action = c("prefix", "suffix", "replace"))

local_path(
  new = list(),
  action = c("prefix", "suffix", "replace"),
  .local_envir = parent.frame()
)

Arguments

new

[character]
New PATH entries

code

[any]
Code to execute in the temporary environment

action

[character(1)]
Should new values "replace", "prefix" (the default) or "suffix" existing paths

.local_envir

[environment]
The environment to use for scoping.

Value

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

See also

withr for examples

Sys.setenv()

Examples

# temporarily modify the system PATH, *prefixing* the current path
with_path(getwd(), Sys.getenv("PATH"))
#> [1] "/home/runner/work/withr/withr/docs/reference:/opt/hostedtoolcache/pandoc/3.1.11/x64:/snap/bin:/home/runner/.local/bin:/opt/pipx_bin:/home/runner/.cargo/bin:/home/runner/.config/composer/vendor/bin:/usr/local/.ghcup/bin:/home/runner/.dotnet/tools:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin"
# temporarily modify the system PATH, *appending* to the current path
with_path(getwd(), Sys.getenv("PATH"), "suffix")
#> [1] "/opt/hostedtoolcache/pandoc/3.1.11/x64:/snap/bin:/home/runner/.local/bin:/opt/pipx_bin:/home/runner/.cargo/bin:/home/runner/.config/composer/vendor/bin:/usr/local/.ghcup/bin:/home/runner/.dotnet/tools:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/runner/work/withr/withr/docs/reference"