to_file_database: Create Two Table Relational Database From Paths
In KWB-R/kwb.file: Functions Related to File and Path Operations

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

From a vector of given file paths, this function generates short and unique identifiers for files and folders. The assignements between identifiers and original paths are stored in two data frames, files and folders that are returned.

1	to_file_database(files, remove_common_base = TRUE)

`files`	vector of file paths
`remove_common_base`	if `TRUE` (default) the common root of all `files` is removed before creating the database

list of two data frames, files and folders

paths <- c(
  "very_long/very_ugly_path/even with spaces.doc",
  "very_long/very_ugly_path/even with spaces.docx"
)

to_file_database(paths)
to_file_database(paths, remove_common_base = FALSE)