On 11/06/2019 4:34 p.m., William Dunlap via R-devel wrote:
Note that R treats tildes in file names differently on Windows and Linux.
On Windows, it is only replaced if it it at the beginning of the line and
is followed by a forward or backward slash or end-of-line. On Linux it is
replaced no mat
Note that R treats tildes in file names differently on Windows and Linux.
On Windows, it is only replaced if it it at the beginning of the line and
is followed by a forward or backward slash or end-of-line. On Linux it is
replaced no matter where it is in the text and ~someUser will be replaced
by
Hi Gabriel,
I actually want to make renames over thousands of files. But if I am not able
to express the source filename of the rename operation I will not be able to
get the work done. Besides the fact that there are issues I think that R is
qualified for solving my problem by the method how i
Hi Gabriel,
It may be bad practice, but you don't always have control over the file
name.
E.g. if someone shares a file with a tilde in it -- yes it is simple to
rename but it is extra time, and you might not bother to rename a file
without foreknowledge of this bug in the first place.
Even wors
Hi Frank,
I'm hesitant to be "that guy", but in case no one else has brought this up
to you, having files with a tilde in their names (generally but especially
on a linux system, where ~ in file names has a very important special
meaning in some cases, as we know) strikes me as an exceptionally ba
Hi,
yes, I have seen this package and it has the same tilde expanding problem.
Please excuse me I will cc this answer to r-help and r-devel to keep the
discussion running.
Kind regards,
Frank Schwidom
On 2019-06-11 09:12:36, Gábor Csárdi wrote:
> Just in case, have you seen the fs package?
> h
