this.path

Get Executing Script's Path

v2.7.1 · Nov 7, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

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()'.

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Flavor	Status	Time
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang	WARNING	62s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc	WARNING	48.6s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang	WARNING	97s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc	WARNING	118.3s
r-devel-macos-arm64	WARNING	23s
r-devel-windows-x86_64	WARNING	118s
r-oldrel-macos-arm64	OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64	OK	97s
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64	OK	127s
r-patched-linux-x86_64	WARNING	61.7s
r-release-linux-x86_64	OK	56.5s
r-release-macos-arm64	OK
r-release-macos-x86_64	OK	100s
r-release-windows-x86_64	OK	112s

Check details (7 non-OK)

WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘R_CurrentExpression’, ‘R_FalseValue’,
    ‘R_LogicalNAValue’, ‘R_MB_CUR_MAX’, ‘R_NamespaceRegistry’,
    ‘R_TrueValue’, ‘R_UnboundValue’, ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
These entry points may be removed soon:
‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘R_CurrentExpression’, ‘R_FalseValue’,
    ‘R_LogicalNAValue’, ‘R_MB_CUR_MAX’, ‘R_NamespaceRegistry’,
    ‘R_TrueValue’, ‘R_UnboundValue’, ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
These entry points may be removed soon:
‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘R_CurrentExpression’, ‘R_FalseValue’,
    ‘R_LogicalNAValue’, ‘R_MB_CUR_MAX’, ‘R_NamespaceRegistry’,
    ‘R_TrueValue’, ‘R_UnboundValue’, ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
These entry points may be removed soon:
‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘R_CurrentExpression’, ‘R_FalseValue’,
    ‘R_LogicalNAValue’, ‘R_MB_CUR_MAX’, ‘R_NamespaceRegistry’,
    ‘R_TrueValue’, ‘R_UnboundValue’, ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
These entry points may be removed soon:
‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-devel-macos-arm64

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
These entry points may be removed soon:
‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-devel-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'this.path/libs/x64/this.path.dll':
  Found non-API calls to R: 'R_CurrentExpression', 'R_FalseValue',
    'R_LogicalNAValue', 'R_MB_CUR_MAX', 'R_NamespaceRegistry',
    'R_TrueValue', 'R_UnboundValue', 'Rf_findVar', 'Rf_findVarInFrame'
These entry points may be removed soon:
'Rf_findVar', 'Rf_findVarInFrame'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-patched-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘R_CurrentExpression’, ‘R_FalseValue’,
    ‘R_LogicalNAValue’, ‘R_MB_CUR_MAX’, ‘R_MissingArg’,
    ‘R_NamespaceRegistry’, ‘R_TrueValue’, ‘R_UnboundValue’,
    ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
These entry points may be removed soon:
‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

Check History

WARNING 9 OK · 4 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 20, 2026

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
These entry points may be removed soon:
‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'this.path/libs/x64/this.path.dll':
  Found non-API calls to R: 'Rf_findVar', 'Rf_findVarInFrame'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

NOTE 13 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 16, 2026

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘this.path/libs/this.path.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘Rf_findVar’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

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new 2.7.1 Mar 10, 2026

updated 2.7.1 ← 2.7.0 diff Nov 6, 2025

updated 2.7.0 ← 2.6.0 diff Apr 9, 2025

updated 2.6.0 ← 2.5.0 diff Dec 17, 2024

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updated 2.4.0 ← 2.3.1 diff Feb 15, 2024

updated 2.3.1 ← 2.3.0 diff Dec 10, 2023

updated 2.3.0 ← 2.2.0 diff Dec 1, 2023

updated 2.2.0 ← 2.1.0 diff Oct 28, 2023

updated 2.1.0 ← 2.0.0 diff Sep 12, 2023

updated 2.0.0 ← 1.4.0 diff Aug 8, 2023

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updated 1.3.0 ← 1.2.0 diff Apr 8, 2023

updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.0 diff Jan 15, 2023

updated 1.1.0 ← 1.0.1 diff Nov 30, 2022

updated 1.0.1 ← 1.0.0 diff Sep 22, 2022

updated 1.0.0 ← 0.11.0 diff Sep 21, 2022

updated 0.11.0 ← 0.8.0 diff Sep 2, 2022

updated 0.8.0 ← 0.7.0 diff Jul 10, 2022

updated 0.7.0 ← 0.6.0 diff Apr 23, 2022