HelpersMG (version 6.2)

local.search: Return path of file searched for in local disk based on its file name

Description

Return path of file searched for in local disk based on its file name.
It has been tested only with Windows XP and MacOSX. In MacOSX, you must have created the locate database first. Use OnyX utilities for this purpose.

Usage

local.search(
  pattern,
  directory = "",
  folder = "$HOME",
  intern = TRUE,
  ignore.stdout = FALSE,
  ignore.stderr = TRUE
)

Value

A vector with paths

Arguments

pattern

The name of file to be searched for. Can use wildcards *

directory

The path of directory to be explored in for Windows

folder

The path of folder to be explored in for Unix based systems

intern

A logical (not NA) which indicates whether to capture the output of the command as an R character vector (see system()).

ignore.stdout

a logical (not NA) indicating whether messages written to 'stdout' should be ignored (see system()).

ignore.stderr

a logical (not NA) indicating whether messages written to 'stderr' should be ignored (see system()).

Author

Marc Girondot

Details

local.search() returns path of file serached in local disk based on its file name

Examples

if (FALSE) {
RnwFiles <- local.search("*.Rnw")
nc.files <- local.search("*.nc", folder=paste0("'",getwd(),"'"))
}