copyTo.GenericDataFile {R.filesets} | R Documentation |
Safely copies a file to a new pathname
Description
Safely copies a file to a new pathname.
Usage
## S3 method for class 'GenericDataFile'
copyTo(this, filename=getFilename(this), path=NULL, ...)
Arguments
filename , path |
The filename and the path for the destination file. The default is to use the same filename as the source file. |
... |
Additional arguments passed to |
Details
In order to minimize the risk for corrupt copies, the
copyFile
method of R.utils is used, which
provides several protection against user, system and file errors.
Value
Returns a GenericDataFile
(of the same class as the source file)
referring to the new file copy.
Author(s)
Henrik Bengtsson
See Also
To link to a GenericDataFile
, see *linkTo()
.
To rename a GenericDataFile
, see *renameTo()
.
Internally copyFile
is used.
For more information see GenericDataFile
.
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