convSlashes: Convert Slashes from UNIX to DOS

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convSlashesR Documentation

Convert Slashes from UNIX to DOS

Description

Convert slashes in a string from ‘⁠/⁠’ to ‘⁠\\⁠’ if the operating system is ‘⁠windows⁠’. Do the reverse if the OS is ‘⁠unix⁠’.

Usage

convSlashes(expr, os=.Platform$OS.type, addQuotes=FALSE)

Arguments

expr

String value (usually a system pathway).

os

operating system (either "windows" or "unix").

addQuotes

logical: if TRUE, enclose the string expression in escaped double quotation marks.

Value

Returns the input string modified to have the appropriate slashes for the specified operating system.

Author(s)

Rowan Haigh, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo BC


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