assertive.files

A set of predicates and assertions for checking the files of variables, such as length, names and attributes. Most of the documentation is on the assertive page. End-users will usually want to use assertive directly.

Installation

To install the stable version, type:

install.packages("assertive.files")

To install the development version, you first need the devtools package.

install.packages("devtools")

Then you can install the assertive.files package using

library(devtools)
install_bitbucket("richierocks/assertive.files")

Predicates

Functions for files:

is_dir checks if a path corresponds to a directory.

is_empty_file checks if a path corresponds to an empty file.

is_existing_file checks if a path corresponds to an existing file.

is_readable_file, is_writable_file, and is_executable_file check a file's permissions. (Though they are based upon base::file.access, which sometimes gives unexpected results under Windows.)

is_library checks if a path corresponds to a library that R knows about.

Functions for connections:

is_connection checks if a variable is a connection.

is_bzfile_connection, is_fifo_connection, is_file_connection, is_gzfile_connection, is_pipe_connection, is_socket_connection, is_terminal_connection, is_text_connection, is_unz_connection, and is_url_connection check for these specific connection types.

is_stderr, is_stdin, and is_stdout check for these standard connections.

is_incomplete_connection, is_open_connection, is_readable_connection, and is_writable_connection check for these properties of connections.

Assertions

Predicates that return a vector have two corresponding assertions. For example, is_dir has assert_all_are_dirs and assert_any_are_dirs.

Predicates returning a single logical value have one corresponding assertion. For example, is_stdin has assert_is_stdin.