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R.filesets (version 2.15.1)

copyTo.GenericDataFile: Safely copies a file to a new pathname

Description

Safely copies a file to a new pathname.

Usage

# S3 method for GenericDataFile
copyTo(this, filename=getFilename(this), path=NULL, ...)

Value

Returns a GenericDataFile (of the same class as the source file) referring to the new file copy.

Arguments

filename, path

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.

Author

Henrik Bengtsson

Details

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.

See Also

To link to a GenericDataFile, see *linkTo(). To rename a GenericDataFile, see *renameTo(). Internally copyFile is used. For more information see GenericDataFile.