R.utils__copyDirectoryByPattern: copy Files and Directories Using a Regular Expression

In AndreMikulec/econModel: Meaningful Social and Economic Data from ALFRED and elsewhere

Description

Code copy of R.utils::copyDirectory.default with the addition of the
features pattern(source files) CaseChange(destination files).
The function is renamed to be R.utils__copyDirectoryByPattern

Usage

R.utils__copyDirectoryByPattern(
  from,
  to = ".",
  ...,
  private = T,
  recursive = T,
  pattern = NULL,
  CaseChange = NULL
)

Arguments

from	The pathname of the source directory to be copied.
to	The pathname of the destination directory.
...	Additional arguments passed to file.copy(), e.g. overwrite.
private	If TRUE, files (and directories) starting with a period is also copied, otherwise not.
recursive	If TRUE, subdirectories are copied too, otherwise not. Note, the name of the subdirectory also must in in "pattern".
pattern	regular expression of the names of the source files
CaseChange	string. Default is NULL(no change). Change to target file name to the desired case: NULL(no change), "UpperCase", "LowerCase".

Examples

## Not run: 

# R.utils__copyDirectoryByPattern example

R.utils__copyDirectoryByPattern("C:/Program Files (x86)/Stock Investor/Professional",
  to = tempdir(), pattern = "(*\\.dbf$|\\.*DBF$|\\.*DBF$|*.chm$|ReadMe\\.txt)",
  CaseChange = "UpperCase"
)
dir(tempdir())

## End(Not run)

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