You can use 'list.files(..., recursive=TRUE)' to get a list of the file names and then process sequentially. It all depends on the type of processing that you want to do. You can also write a recursive function to do the same thing. Only take a couple of lines of code.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam <fo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to recursively loop through al subfolders of a directory and > do stuff with certain file types in those dirs. Is there a package/function > that could do this? So it's more than Sys.glob. I'm looking for equivalent > of Python's os.walk *) and I don't want to reinvent the wheel. > > Thank you. > > Cheers!! > Albert-Jan > > *) http://www.saltycrane.com/blog/2007/03/python-oswalk-example/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, > public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, > what have the Romans ever done for us? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > [[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<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? [[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.
