How to set PATH on Windows through R “shell” command

Question

I wish to add git to my PATH in Windows 7, through the \"shell\" command in R.

shell(\'set PATH=%PATH%;\"C:\\\\Program%20Files%20(x86)\\\\Git\\\\bin\"\', intern          


        

Answer 1

Regarding

” what is the issue?

You're just changing the PATH environment variable in the new command interpreter process.

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You can use the setx command to change the PATH defaults, but that does not affect your current process.

What to do depends a bit on what you're trying to achieve.