miceadds (version 3.2-48)

files_move: Moves Files from One Directory to Another Directory

Description

Moves older (defined in alphanumeric order) files from one directory to another directory.

Usage

files_move(path1, path2, file_sep="__", pattern=NULL, path2_name="__ARCH")

Arguments

path1

Original directory

path2

Target directory in which the files should be moved

file_sep

Separator for files

pattern

Pattern in file names to be searched for

path2_name

Part of the name of path2 if argument path2 is missing. If path2 is not provided, it has to be a subdirectory of path1.

See Also

filename_split

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
#############################################################################
# EXAMPLE 1: Move older files in '__ARCHIVE' directory
#############################################################################

# specify path
path1 <- "p:/IPN/Projects/PISA/Trend_2015/2__Data/All_Waves/"
# specify target directory which is an archive
path2 <- file.path( path1, "__ARCHIVE" )
# move files
files_move( path1, path2 )
# }

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