Sorry.. typo... file.copy(file.path(fromFolder,list.of.files), toFolder)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On November 14, 2014 4:36:12 AM PST, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: >Your list.of.files variable just has filenames without the fromFolder >path. Try > >file.copy(file.path,fromFolder,list.of.files), toFolder) > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go >Live... >DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live >Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing >Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with >/Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. >rocks...1k >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > >On November 14, 2014 4:07:27 AM PST, "Muhuri, Pradip (SAMHSA/CBHSQ)" ><pradip.muh...@samhsa.hhs.gov> wrote: >>Hello, >> >>Here is something (file.copy) trivial but does not seem to work. I >>could not figure out what I am doing wrong. >> >>The R script below creates folders (fromFolder and toFolder) and finds >>the list of files (list.of.files) to be copied to the toFolder, which >I >>have verified using the print () command. But, the issue is that the >>file.copy() command does not work. >> >>Both the R.script and the console are shown below. >> >>Any help/hints will be appreciated. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Pradip Muhuri >> >>######################### R script >>##################################################### >>#file.copy.R >> >>#identify the folders >>fromFolder <- "H:/R/cis_study" >>toFolder <- "F:/cis_study_backup" >> >># find the list of files to copy >>list.of.files <- list.files(fromFolder, ".R$") >> >># print objects >>print(c(fromFolder, toFolder, list.of.files)) >>options(warn=1) >> >># copy the files to the toFolder - THIS DOES NOT WORK WHILE >EVERYTHING >>PRIOR HAS WORKED >>file.copy(list.of.files, toFolder) >> >> >> >>##################### Below is from console ################### >>#file.copy.R >>> >>> #identify the folders >>> fromFolder <- "H:/R/cis_study" >>> toFolder <- "F:/cis_study_backup" >>> >>> # find the list of files to copy >>> list.of.files <- list.files(fromFolder, ".R$") >>> >>> # print objects >>> print(c(fromFolder, toFolder, list.of.files)) >> [1] "H:/R/cis_study" "F:/cis_study_backup" >> [3] "anl.in.scope_111114.R" "create.oid.data.frame.R" >> [5] "create_xd2012.R" "file.copy.R" >> [7] "further.data.R" "mrj.in.scope_111214.R" >> [9] "oid.in.scope_111114.R" "oid_cohort.R" >>[11] "warning.max.R" "xdate.R" >>[13] "years.before.anl.init.R" "years.before.mrj.init.R" >>[15] "years.before.oid.init.R" >>> options(warn=1) >>> >>> # copy the files to the toFolder - THIS DOES NOT WORK WHILE >>EVERYTHING PRIOR HAS WORKED >>> file.copy(list.of.files, toFolder) >>Warning in file.copy(list.of.files, toFolder) : >>problem copying .\anl.in.scope_111114.R to >>F:\cis_study_backup\anl.in.scope_111114.R: No such file or directory >>(other similar warning messages are not shown) >> >> >> >>Pradip K. Muhuri, PhD >>SAMHSA/CBHSQ >>1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-1071 >>Rockville, MD 20857 >>Tel: 240-276-1070 >>Fax: 240-276-1260 >> >>______________________________________________ >>R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>PLEASE do read the posting guide >>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.