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base (version 3.4.0)

path.expand: Expand File Paths

Description

Expand a path name, for example by replacing a leading tilde by the user's home directory (if defined on that platform).

Usage

path.expand(path)

Arguments

path
character vector containing one or more path names.

Details

The definition of the ‘home’ directory is in the rw-FAQ Q2.14: it is taken from the R_USER environment variable when path.expand is first called in a session.

See Also

basename, normalizePath.

Examples

Run this code
path.expand("~/foo")

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