Well, time to bring out my favorite dead horse to beat:<p><pre><code>   - http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;1815606&#x2F;rscript-determine-path-of-the-executing-script
   - http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;3452086&#x2F;getting-path-of-an-r-script
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(where you already commented, so it&#x27;s not like this is something new...)<p>I would say that any language that does not have a facility to get the path of the current file, is not &#x27;excellent&#x27; under the criteria an experienced programmer would use for assessing it.<p>Now, I very well know that those criteria are different from what <i>scientists</i> use, but still...