Thanks Jim, I didn't think it worked on directories but I've got it working now.
Cheers, Gavin. -----Original Message----- From: jim holtman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 08 November 2011 14:18 To: Gavin Blackburn Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [R] Rename a directory in R apropos('rename') you will find 'file.rename' which also works on directories. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Gavin Blackburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to be able to rename a folder using R, similar to file.rename. I want > to paste " - done" onto the folder name. The reason for this is we run a loop > on a large number of folders on a server and it would be nice for people to > be able to log in and instantly see if their data has been processed so they > can remove it. > > I have searched the help list but have not found anything and was wondering > if this is possible? > > I realise I could probably do this through the R/system command line > interface but I thought there may be a simpler way to do this through R. > > Many thanks, > > Gavin. > > Dr. Gavin Blackburn > SULSA Technologist > > Strathclyde institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science > 161 Cathedral Street, > Glasgow. > G4 0RE > > Tel: +44 (0)1415483828 > > ScotMet: The Scottish Metabolomics Facility > www.metabolomics.strath.ac.uk<http://www.metabolomics.strath.ac.uk> > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. > -- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
