findFiles: Finds one or several files in multiple directories
Description
Finds one or several files in multiple directories.
Usage
findFiles(pattern=NULL, paths=NULL, recursive=FALSE, firstOnly=TRUE, allFiles=TRUE, ...)
Arguments
pattern
A regular expression file name pattern to match.
recursive
If TRUE
, the directory structure is searched
breath-first, in lexicographic order. firstOnly
If TRUE
, the method returns as soon as a matching
file is found, otherwise not. allFiles
If FALSE
, files and directories starting with
a period will be skipped, otherwise not. Value
Returns a vector
of the full pathnames of the files found.
Paths
The paths
argument may also contain paths specified as
semi-colon (";"
) separated paths, e.g.
"/usr/;usr/bin/;.;"
.Windows Shortcut links
If package R.utils is available and loaded , Windows Shortcut links (*.lnk)
are recognized and can be used to immitate links to directories
elsewhere. For more details, see filePath
.