qdap (version 2.4.3)

delete: Easy File Handling

Description

delete - Deletes files and directories.

folder - Create a folder/directory.

Usage

delete(file = NULL)
folder(..., folder.name = NULL)

Arguments

file

The name of the file in the working directory or the path to the file to be deleted. If NULL provides a menu of files from the working directory.

folder.name

A character vector of the name(s) of the folder to be created. Default NULL (if the … is NULL too) creates a file in the working directory with the creation date and time stamp. Use this argument only if the directory names contain spaces.

…

The name(s) of the folder to be created. If both … and folder.name are NULL creates a file in the working directory with the creation date and time stamp.

Value

delete permanently removes a file/directory.

folder creates a folder/directory.

See Also

unlink, file.remove, dir.create

Examples

# NOT RUN {
(x <- folder("DELETE.ME"))
which(dir() == "DELETE.ME")
delete("DELETE.ME")
which(dir() == "DELETE.ME")

folder("the/next/big/thing", "hello world", "now/is/the/time")

folder(cat, dog)
lapply(c("cat", "dog"), delete)
# }

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