R.utils (version 1.9.7)

getWritablePathname.Arguments: Gets a writable pathname

Description

Gets a writable pathname.

Usage

Arguments$getWritablePathname(..., mustExist=FALSE, mustNotExist=FALSE, mkdirs=TRUE)

Arguments

...

Arguments passed to *getReadablePathname().

mustExist

If TRUE and the pathname does not exists, an Exception is thrown, otherwise not.

mustNotExist

If the file exists, and mustNotExist is TRUE, an Exception is thrown. If the file exists, and mustNotExist is FAL

mkdirs

If TRUE, mustNotExist is FALSE, and the path to the file does not exist, it is (recursively) created.

Value

• Returns a character string of the pathname of the file. If the argument was invalid an Exception is thrown.

synopsis

getWritablePathname.Arguments(static, ..., mustExist=FALSE, mustNotExist=FALSE, mkdirs=TRUE)

Missing values

If any argument in ... is NA, an exception is thrown.

See Also

*getReadablePathname(). filePath. mkdirs. For more information see Arguments.