>>>>> Duncan Murdoch writes: With c76695 in the trunk, we now only tilde expand file names starting with a tilde also when using readline.
Best -k > On 11/06/2019 4:34 p.m., William Dunlap via R-devel wrote: >> Note that R treats tildes in file names differently on Windows and Linux. >> On Windows, it is only replaced if it it at the beginning of the line and >> is followed by a forward or backward slash or end-of-line. On Linux it is >> replaced no matter where it is in the text and ~someUser will be replaced >> by someUser's home directory (if 'someUser' is a user with a home >> directory). > That's not quite true: On Linux the bug is in the code that uses > libreadline, which you don't have to use. If you just specify > "--no-readline" when you start R, it will be fine on Linux, as far as I > can see. > I wouldn't choose that as the default way to run R (it's pretty > irritating not to have readline support), but it is a workaround for > this bug. > Duncan Murdoch >> >> Hence, if you have a Windows machine that can look at the file system on >> your Linux machine you can use file.rename on Windows to change the names. >> My inclination would be to use a bash script on Linux to change the names, >> but if you are not comfortable with bash try the Windows approach. >> >> Bill Dunlap >> TIBCO Software >> wdunlap tibco.com >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 1:13 PM Frank Schwidom <schwi...@gmx.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi Gabriel, >>> >>> I actually want to make renames over thousands of files. But if I am not >>> able to express the source filename of the rename operation I will not be >>> able to get the work done. Besides the fact that there are issues I think >>> that R is qualified for solving my problem by the method how it can handle >>> long vectors of strings, booleans and also lists. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Frank >>> >>> On 2019-06-11 09:49:17, Gabriel Becker wrote: >>>> Hi Frank, >>>> I'm hesitant to be "that guy", but in case no one else has brought >>> this up >>>> to you, having files with a tilde in their names (generally but >>> especially >>>> on a linux system, where ~ in file names has a very important special >>>> meaning in some cases, as we know) strikes me as an exceptionally bad >>>> practice anyway. In light of that, the solution with the smallest >>> amount >>>> of pain for you is almost surely to just... not do that. Your >>> filenames >>>> will be better for it anyway. >>>> There is a reason no one has complained about this before, and while I >>>> haven't run a study or anything, I strongly suspect its that >>> "everyone" >>>> else is already on the "no tildes in filenames" bandwagon, so this >>>> behavior, even if technically a bug, has no ability to cause them >>>> problems. >>>> Best, >>>> ~G >>>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 8:25 AM Frank Schwidom <[1]schwi...@gmx.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> yes, I have seen this package and it has the same tilde expanding >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> Please excuse me I will cc this answer to r-help and r-devel to >>> keep the >>>> discussion running. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Frank Schwidom >>>> >>>> On 2019-06-11 09:12:36, Gábor Csárdi wrote: >>>> > Just in case, have you seen the fs package? >>>> > [2]https://fs.r-lib.org/ >>>> > >>>> > Gabor >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 7:51 AM Frank Schwidom <[3] >>> schwi...@gmx.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> > > >>>> > > Hi, >>>> > > >>>> > > to get rid of any possible filename modification I started a >>> little >>>> project to cover my usecase: >>>> > > >>>> > > [4]https://github.com/schwidom/simplefs >>>> > > >>>> > > This is my first R package, suggestions and a review are >>> welcome. >>>> > > >>>> > > Thanks in advance >>>> > > Frank Schwidom >>>> > > >>>> > > On 2019-06-07 09:04:06, Richard O'Keefe wrote: >>>> > > > How can expanding tildes anywhere but the beginning of a >>> file >>>> name NOT be >>>> > > > considered a bug? >>>> > > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 23:04, Ivan Krylov >>>> <[1][5]krylov.r...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > > > >>>> > > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 18:07:15 +0200 >>>> > > > Frank Schwidom <[2][6]schwi...@gmx.net> wrote: >>>> > > > >>>> > > > > +> path.expand("a ~ b") >>>> > > > > [1] "a /home/user b" >>>> > > > >>>> > > > > How can I switch off any file crippling activity? >>>> > > > >>>> > > > It doesn't seem to be possible if readline is enabled and >>>> works >>>> > > > correctly. >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Calls to path.expand [1] end up [2] in R_ExpandFileName >>> [3], >>>> which >>>> > > > calls R_ExpandFileName_readline [4], which uses >>> libreadline >>>> function >>>> > > > tilde_expand [5]. tilde_expand seems to be designed to >>> expand >>>> '~' >>>> > > > anywhere in the string it is handed, i.e. operate on >>> whole >>>> command >>>> > > > lines, not file paths. >>>> > > > >>>> > > > I am taking the liberty of Cc-ing R-devel in case this >>> can be >>>> > > > considered a bug. >>>> > > > >>>> > > > -- >>>> > > > Best regards, >>>> > > > Ivan >>>> > > > >>>> > > > [1] >>>> > > > >>>> [3][7] >>> https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/12d1d2d232d84aa355e333348b81180a0e2c6f2f/src/main/names.c#L807 >>>> > > > >>>> > > > [2] >>>> > > > >>>> [4][8] >>> https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/12d1d2d232d84aa355e333348b81180a0e2c6f2f/src/main/platform.c#L1915 >>>> > > > >>>> > > > [3] >>>> > > > >>>> [5][9] >>> https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/12d1d2d232d84aa355e333348b81180a0e2c6f2f/src/unix/sys-unix.c#L147 >>>> > > > >>>> > > > [4] >>>> > > > >>>> [6][10] >>> https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/12d1d2d232d84aa355e333348b81180a0e2c6f2f/src/unix/sys-std.c#L494 >>>> > > > >>>> > > > [5] >>>> > > > >>>> [7][11] >>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/readline.git/tree/tilde.c?h=devel#n187 >>>> > > > >>>> > > > ______________________________________________ >>>> > > > [8][12]R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To >>> UNSUBSCRIBE >>>> and more, see >>>> > > > [9][13]https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>> > > > PLEASE do read the posting guide >>>> > > > [10][14]http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>>> > > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, >>> reproducible >>>> code. >>>> > > > >>>> > > > References >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Visible links >>>> > > > 1. mailto:[15]krylov.r...@gmail.com >>>> > > > 2. mailto:[16]schwi...@gmx.net >>>> > > > 3. >>>> [17] >>> https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/12d1d2d232d84aa355e333348b81180a0e2c6f2f/src/main/names.c#L807 >>>> > > > 4. >>>> [18] >>> https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/12d1d2d232d84aa355e333348b81180a0e2c6f2f/src/main/platform.c#L1915 >>>> > > > 5. >>>> [19] >>> https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/12d1d2d232d84aa355e333348b81180a0e2c6f2f/src/unix/sys-unix.c#L147 >>>> > > > 6. >>>> [20] >>> https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/12d1d2d232d84aa355e333348b81180a0e2c6f2f/src/unix/sys-std.c#L494 >>>> > > > 7. >>>> [21] >>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/readline.git/tree/tilde.c?h=devel#n187 >>>> > > > 8. mailto:[22]R-help@r-project.org >>>> > > > 9. 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