I am using R 1.7.1 on Windows XP Pro. The 'overwrite=FALSE' argument appears to be ignored in file.copy():
> file.exists(c("file1.txt", "file2.txt")) [1] TRUE TRUE > file.copy(from="file2.txt", to="file1.txt", overwrite=FALSE) [1] TRUE > and sure enough, file1.txt has been overwritten. Rich Raubertas Biometrics Research, RY33-300 Merck & Co. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, ...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel