getPath: Get the path of a vector of filenames
In Smisc: Sego Miscellaneous

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) See Also Examples

Get the path of a vector of filenames

1	getPath(vec)

vec

Character vector (usually containing filenames)

Assumes paths are delineated using forward slashes. If an NA is supplied, then an NA is returned. If the desired string doesn't exist (see examples below), a "" is returned.

Character vector with pathnames only, the filename removed

Landon Sego

Additional functions for filename manipulations: stripExtension, getExtension, stripPath, grabLast, basename, dirname

getPath(c(a="this.good.path/filename.R", b="nopath.R", c="/", d=NA,
          e="path1/path2/", ""))

# An example with 'real' files
files <- dir(file.path(path.package(package = "Smisc"), "data"), full.names = TRUE)
print(files)
getPath(files)