getPath: Get the path of a vector of filenames

In pnnl/Smisc: Sego Miscellaneous

Description

Get the path of a vector of filenames

Usage

getPath(vec)

Arguments

vec	Character vector (usually containing filenames)

Details

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.

Value

Character vector with pathnames only, the filename removed

Author(s)

Landon Sego

See Also

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

Examples

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)

pnnl/Smisc documentation built on Oct. 18, 2020, 6:18 p.m.