On 14-Nov-10 16:43:18, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 14/11/2010 10:42 AM, Joshua Wiley wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Stephen Liu<sati...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >>> Hi Joshua, >>> >>>> list.files(path = getwd(), all.files = TRUE) >>> [3] >>> ".RData" >>> [4] >>> ".Rhistory" >>> .Rhistory and .RDate are there. >> >> Note that these files start with a "." >> >>> >>> But I can't find .RDate on Windows Explorer. Only .Rhistory is >>> there. >> >> This is likely a "feature" of Windows Explorer....certain types of >> files are hidden by default (like those that start with "."). > > That's not true: it's Unix ls that hides filenames starting with a > ".". > Windows Explorer does hide some files, but I don't think it is ever > based on the name, it's based on the attributes. > > What Windows Explorer does that is incredibly stupid is that (by > default) it hides file extensions for known file types. Generally > ".RData" will be registered as a known file type. Exporer will cut off > the ".RData" part the name of a file with that extension, and only show > the first part of the name. Since the file ".RData" has no starting > part of a name, it will be listed with a blank name. > > What you should do (and what Microsoft should set the default to) is to > turn off this bad policy of listing filenames incorrectly. I don't > remember how to do it in Windows 7 or Vista, but on XP, here's how: > > Go into Explorer in some folder. > > Click on the "Tools" menu, then the "Folder Options..." choice. > > Choose the View tab. > > About 10 choices down within Files and Folders, you'll see "Hide > Extensions for Known File Types". Make sure this is *not* checked. > > If you're sane, you'll then click on the button "Apply to all folders", > but you might just want to click on "OK" to try it out on one folder > first. > > Duncan Murdoch
That is a nice reply, Duncan, and an excellent explanation of why ".Rdata" has no name! I also like the final sentence. I would only add: If you're sane, and want to stay sane, think about not using Windows. Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 14-Nov-10 Time: 16:58:49 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
