How to disable “Save workspace image?” prompt in R?

Question

When I exit the interactive R shell, it displays an annoying prompt every time:

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Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n

I\'m always answering \"no\" to it

Answer 1

How about just avoiding the prompt by typing q('no') instead

Answer 2

If you are using Rgui, right-click on the icon you use to start R and click on "Properties", and add --no-save to the command that starts R.

(from http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/03/1115.html)

If you are using a different editor than Rgui, you have to pass --no-save to the R command line when starting R

Answer 3

You can create an alias for the R command:

using bash: alias R='R --no-save'

using csh: alias R 'R --no-save'

Answer 4

Overwrite default option for save argument of quit function

formals(quit)$save <- formals(q)$save <- "no"

put this line in .Rprofile

Edit: added q, so there is no prompt no matter which variant is used

Answer 5

If you feel adventurous enough, you could also edit the startup section at the end of /usr/bin/R, i.e. add --no-save to the exec calls. However, if you need to save your workspace, remember to save.image().