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% File src/library/utils/man/choose.dir.Rd
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% Copyright 2007-2018 R Core Team
% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
\name{choose.dir}
\alias{choose.dir}
\title{Choose a Folder Interactively on MS Windows}
\description{
Use a Windows shell folder widget to choose a folder interactively.
}
\usage{
choose.dir(default = "", caption = "Select folder")
}
\arguments{
\item{default}{which folder to show initially.}
\item{caption}{the caption on the selection dialog.}
}
\value{
A length-one character vector, character \code{NA} if
\sQuote{Cancel} was selected.
}
\details{
This brings up the Windows shell folder selection widget. With the
default \code{default = ""}, \sQuote{My Computer} (or similar) is
initially selected.
To workaround a bug, on Vista and later only folders under
\sQuote{Computer} are accessible via the widget.
}
\note{
This is only available on Windows.
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{choose.files}} (on Windows) and \code{\link{file.choose}}
(on all platforms).
}
\examples{
if (interactive() && .Platform$OS.type == "windows")
choose.dir(getwd(), "Choose a suitable folder")
}
\keyword{file}