Error in gzfile(file, “wb”): cannot open the connection or compressed file

Question

I\'m trying to run two things: first, I\'m creating a PDF with 4x5, ending with dev.off(), and then trying to create a new graph. However, after starting the second plot, I get:

Answer 1

Maybe you should look here. At the end it says

Note: The most common reason for failure is lack of write permission in the current directory. For save.image and for saving at the end of a session this will shown by messages like

Error in gzfile(file, "wb") : unable to open connection
In addition: Warning message:
In gzfile(file, "wb") :
  cannot open compressed file '.RDataTmp',
  probable reason 'Permission denied'

So rapidly, if you try getwd(), look at where is your working directory set. If you're trying to save your document in a place where it's not in your current working directory, it will throw you this error.

At the end of your error message, it says probable reason 'No such file or directory' Graphics error: Error in gzfile(file, "wb") : cannot open the connection My diagnosis would be simply that it's trying to save your item in the wrong place and RStudio is not able to find the right place.