tests/pushBackupFile.R

In R.utils: Various Programming Utilities

library("R.utils")

# Create a file
pathname <- "foobar.txt"
cat(file=pathname, "File v1\n")


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# (a) Backup and restore a file
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# Turn it into a backup file
pathnameB <- pushBackupFile(pathname, verbose=TRUE)
print(pathnameB)

# Restore main file from backup
pathnameR <- popBackupFile(pathnameB, verbose=TRUE)
print(pathnameR)


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# (b) Backup, create a new file and frop backup file
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# Turn it into a backup file
pathnameB <- pushBackupFile(pathname, verbose=TRUE)
print(pathnameB)

# Create a new file
cat(file=pathname, "File v2\n")

# Drop backup because a new main file was successfully created
pathnameR <- popBackupFile(pathnameB, verbose=TRUE)
print(pathnameR)

file.remove(pathname)