> On Oct 1, 2016, at 5:50 AM, Kristi Glover <kristi.glo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Jim for the suggestions. > > I used following but it seems not working > > dir.create(foldA\subFoldB\subFoldD\subFoldC\subFoldE)
In R character values need to be quoted and backslashes need to be escaped ... with backslashes. Read the R-FAQ: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Why-does-backslash-behave-strangely-inside-strings_003f -- david. > > I got a trouble in moving contents of one folder to another. > > ________________________________ > From: Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> > Sent: October 1, 2016 6:07 AM > To: Kristi Glover > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Rearranging sub-folders, how? > > Hi Kristi, > I assume that B, C and D are not empty, otherwise the answer is trivial. > > create a directory under B named D > move the contents of the old D to the new D > delete the directory E beneath the new D > create a new directory C under the new D > move the contents of the old C to the new C > recursively delete D under the new C > move the old E under the new C > recursively delete the old C > > Jim > > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Kristi Glover <kristi.glo...@hotmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi R user, >> >> I was wondering how we can rearrange the folders in R. for example >> >> original data has been put with the following arrangement: >> >> foldA\subFoldB\subFoldC\subFoldD\subFoldE\ >> >> >> SubFoldE contains several dataset >> >> >> I want to rearrange the subFoldE into following sequence: >> >> >> foldA\subFoldB\subFoldD\subFoldC\subFoldE\ >> >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
