R.utils (version 1.2.0)

copyFile: Copies a file safely

Description

Copies a file safely by first copying to a temporary file and then renaming that file.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default':
copyFile(srcPathname, destPathname, overwrite=FALSE, ..., verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

srcPathname
The source file to be copied.
destPathname
The destination file to be created.
overwrite
If TRUE, an existing destination file is overwritten.
...
Not used.
verbose
See Verbose.

Value

  • Returns TRUE if the file was copied succesfully.

See Also

file.copy().