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checkmate (version 1.7.3)

checkFile: Check existence and access rights of files

Description

Check existence and access rights of files

Usage

checkFile(x, access = "", extension = NULL)

assertFile(x, access = "", extension = NULL, add = NULL, .var.name = NULL)

assert_file(x, access = "", extension = NULL, add = NULL, .var.name = NULL)

testFile(x, access = "", extension = NULL)

test_file(x, access = "", extension = NULL)

expect_file(x, access = "", extension = NULL, info = NULL, label = NULL)

Arguments

x
[any] Object to check.
access
[character(1)] Single string containing possible characters r, w and x to force a check for read, write or execute access rights, respectively. Write and executable rights are not checked on
extension
[character] Vector of allowed file extensions, matched case insensitive.
add
[AssertCollection] Collection to store assertions. See AssertCollection.
.var.name
[NULL || character(1)] Name of the checked object to print in error message. If NULL, the name will be heuristically determined via substitute.
info
[character(1)] Extra information to be included in the message for the testthat reporter. See expect_that.
label
[character(1)] Same as .var.name, but passed down to expect_that.

Value

  • Depending on the function prefix: If the check is successful, the functions return TRUE. If the check is not successful, assertFile/assert_file throws an error message, testFile/test_file returns FALSE, and checkFile returns a string with the error message. The function expect_file always returns an expectation.

See Also

Other filesystem: checkAccess, checkDirectory, checkPathForOutput

Examples

Run this code
# Check if R's COPYING file is readable
testFile(file.path(R.home(), "COPYING"), access = "r")

# Check if R's COPYING file is readable and writable
testFile(file.path(R.home(), "COPYING"), access = "rw")

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