R.utils (version 1.9.7)

copyFile: Copies a file safely

Description

Copies a file safely by first copying to a temporary file and then renaming that file.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default':
copyFile(srcPathname, destPathname, overwrite=FALSE, ..., verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

srcPathname

The source file to be copied.

destPathname

The destination file to be created.

overwrite

If TRUE, an existing destination file is overwritten.

...

Not used.

verbose

See Verbose.

Value

• Returns TRUE if the file was copied succesfully.

See Also

file.copy().