On 17/10/2012 13:59, Berend Hasselman wrote:
On 17-10-2012, at 13:53, Rui Barradas wrote:
Hello,
On Windows this should be the old DOS command RENAME (or REN) and apparently
the R function ?file.rename carries it's name.
If I'm reading the help for file.rename correctly it can't move a file from one directory
to another on Windows ("On Windows,file.rename nowadays works across volumes for
files but not directories.". If I remember correctly one will have to use system()
and the command move.
You are not.
On Windows, file.rename() can move a normal file from one directory to
another, even to a directory on another volume.
What it cannot do is move a directory from a directory on one file
system (volume in Windows' parlance) to a directory on another.
Basically no program can really move files between file systems, but
some OSes have an atomic copy-and-delete operation and others (including
recent versions of Windows) emulate the move by copying and then
deleting, but not recursively and so only for normal files.
It is hard to write precise documentation where on a POSIX file system a
directory is a file and on a Windows file system it is not. And you can
have either type of file system on either a POSIX OS or Windows.
Assuming that the OP wants to move files from within R (with cut and paste of
course)
Berend
And yes, the question is terrible. It also shows poor use of the help system. I
didn't know the function name but got it right at the second try:
?file # no, other stuff
?file.copy # yes
Hope this helps,
Rui Barradas
Em 17-10-2012 12:27, R. Michael Weylandt escreveu:
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Berend Hasselman <[email protected]> wrote:
On 17-10-2012, at 10:49, Rantony wrote:
Hi ,A simple question, How we can move a file from one location to another ?
(i mean cut & paste)Can any one help fast please ?Thanks in advance- Antony
What does this have to with R?
Will depend on the system you are using.
Look in the help of your file manager.
Berend
As I have said to "Rantony" multiple times before: this is an OS
operation so you'll likely need to use the system() function to give
your OS the command.
The exact form of the command given depends on your (unstated!) OS but
on Unices its usually some variant on
mv A B
However, I also know that Rantony is on Windows so he'll need a
different command.
To Rantony: please try to improve the quality of your questions. I've
explained multiple times what we look for in a question on this list
and you've really shown very little attempt to improve. At the end of
the day, we are all just volunteers here, so help us help you. You
might even learn something in the process. And please _please_ quote
context if you must post from Nabble.
Michael
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