2017-12-12 15:47 GMT+01:00 Barry Rowlingson <b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk>:
> I think unix makes it impossible for you to create something that even you
> can't delete. You may need higher powers ("root") to change the ownership
> of the thing you've created.In a Unix system with administrator rights, you can set the immutable flag: $ touch foo $ chmod a-w foo $ sudo chattr +i foo $ rm foo Operation not permitted Otherwise, you can always remove your own files. Moreover, Thierry may want the test to be cross-platform... So I think the easiest way to go is to bypass the R function used to remove the files (file.remove, unlink, whatever), run the test and then restore it. Iñaki ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
