Peter, that is assigning the time of creation of the object name. I think Erin might be looking for the file.info function, see ?file.info .
Erik -----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Peter Alspach Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:03 PM To: Erin Hodgess; R help Subject: Re: [R] time attribute from a file Tena koe Erin You could write a wee wrapper and give the file an attribute. For example, copy <- function (file = "clipboard", sep = "\t", na.strings = c("NA", "*"), as.is = T, ...) { myX <- read.table(file, sep = sep, na.strings = na.strings, as.is = as.is, ...) attr(myX, "copy time") <- Sys.time() myX } I did this some time ago, but I must admit that I find it of limited value. HTH .... Peter Alspach > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Erin Hodgess > Sent: Wednesday, 22 July 2009 8:55 a.m. > To: R help > Subject: [R] time attribute from a file > > Dear R People: > > I am reading in a file via read.table. Is there a way to bring in > the time that the file was created, please? > > Thanks, > Erin > > > -- > Erin Hodgess > Associate Professor > Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University > of Houston - Downtown > mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > The contents of this e-mail are confidential and may be ...{{dropped:21}} ______________________________________________ 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.
