Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-30 Thread Martin Maechler
...@manchester.ac.uk Cc: r-help@r-project.org; Andreas Posch Subject: Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Ted Hardingted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: However, this got me looking into '?list.files, and I see there (R

[R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread Andreas Posch
I am trying to continuously evaluate online created data files using R-algorithms. Is there any simple way to let R iteratively check for new files in a given directory, load them and process them? Any help would be highly appreciated. Best, A. [[alternative HTML version

Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Andreas Poschandreas.po...@tugraz.at wrote: I am trying to continuously evaluate online created data files using R-algorithms. Is there any simple way to let R iteratively check for new files in a given directory, load them and process them? Any help would be

[R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread Andreas Posch
I am trying to continuously evaluate online created data files using R-algorithms. Is there any simple way to let R iteratively check for new files in a given directory, load them and process them? I am using R on Windows XP. Any help would be highly appreciated. Best, A.

Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread Ted Harding
On 28-Jul-09 11:04:39, Andreas Posch wrote: I am trying to continuously evaluate online created data files using R-algorithms. Is there any simple way to let R iteratively check for new files in a given directory, load them and process them? Any help would be highly appreciated. Best, A.

Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread Ted Harding
On 28-Jul-09 11:23:21, Barry Rowlingson wrote: On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Andreas Poschandreas.po...@tugraz.at wrote: I am trying to continuously evaluate online created data files using R-algorithms. Is there any simple way to let R iteratively check for new files in a given

Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread Uwe Ligges
Andreas Posch wrote: I am trying to continuously evaluate online created data files using R-algorithms. Is there any simple way to let R iteratively check for new files in a given directory, load them and process them? I am using R on Windows XP. See ?list.files and ?setdiff Uwe Ligges

Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Ted Hardingted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: However, this got me looking into '?list.files, and I see there (R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)):  recursive: logical. Should the listing recurse into directories? But:  Directories are included only if

Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread Ted Harding
On 28-Jul-09 13:40:31, Barry Rowlingson wrote: On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Ted Hardingted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: However, this got me looking into '?list.files, and I see there (R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)): _recursive: logical. Should the listing recurse into directories?

Re: [R] check for new files in a given directory

2009-07-28 Thread William Dunlap
-Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:41 AM To: ted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk Cc: r-help@r-project.org; Andreas Posch Subject: Re: [R] check for new files in a given