watch.files: Check for changes and append changed textfiles
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watch.files

R Documentation

Check for changes and append changed textfiles

Description

Check for changed files and append them. Works with single or multiple files

Usage

watch.files(f, af, sleep.time = 5, skipLines = 0)

Arguments

`f`	character or character vector of files to be checked
`af`	character or character vector of files to be appended
`sleep.time`	numeric. time in [s] between checks of files exists
`skipLines`	numeric. Lines to be skipped for reading the files f

Details

Checks for the existance of files. If f exists it is appended to af, and the system waits as long as f is deleted and created again. Designed for the use with Provis stand alone.

Note that the function needs to be killed using esc. It doesn't exit on it own.