Hello, I'm attempting to get the folders of a path in a robust way (platform independent, format independent). It has to run on Windows and Linux and tolerate different formats.
For these: (The paths don't actually exist in Linux but you get the idea.) Windows: file_full_path = "C://Program Files//R//R-2.13.1//NEWS.pdf" file_full_path = "C:\Program Files\R\R-2.13.1\NEWS.pdf" Linux: file_full_path = "~/Program FilesR\R-2.13.1\NEWS.pdf" file_full_path = "/home/username/Program FilesR\R-2.13.1\NEWS.pdf" I would get for Windows: "C", "Program Files", "R", "R-2.13.1","NEWS.pdf" I would get for Linux: "home","username", "Program Files", "R", "R-2.13.1","NEWS.pdf" (The drive and/or home/username aren't necessary, but would be nice to have. Also, that file name isn't necessary, but would be nice.) Thank you for your help, Ben [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.