See file.path(). /Henrik
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Jonathan Greenberg <greenb...@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > Hopefully this is a pretty easy fix -- I need to have R query the path > separator for some code I'm trying to write (it involves using a > system() call) -- the call requires a path and a wildcard, e.g.: > > command="mycommand /path/to/*.files" in the case of unix or, > command="mycommand.exe C:\\path\\to\\*.files" on a windows box > > System.which is working correctly, so the "mycommand" vs > "mycommand.exe" part is working fine. The issue is that the /path/to > should be set to getwd(), but this strips the trailing path separator. > How do I go about querying the correct path separator for the system, > so I can include it in a paste command (via sep=)? Thanks! > > --j > > -- > Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD > Assistant Project Scientist > Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) > Department of Land, Air and Water Resources > University of California, Davis > One Shields Avenue > Davis, CA 95616 > Phone: 415-763-5476 > AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
