Safely copies a file to a new pathname.
# S3 method for GenericDataFile
copyTo(this, filename=getFilename(this), path=NULL, ...)
Returns a GenericDataFile
(of the same class as the source file)
referring to the new file copy.
The filename and the path for the destination file. The default is to use the same filename as the source file.
Additional arguments passed to copyFile
.
Henrik Bengtsson
In order to minimize the risk for corrupt copies, the
copyFile
method of R.utils is used, which
provides several protection against user, system and file errors.
To link to a GenericDataFile
, see *linkTo()
.
To rename a GenericDataFile
, see *renameTo()
.
Internally copyFile
is used.
For more information see GenericDataFile
.