| unlink {base} | R Documentation |
Delete Files and Directories
Description
unlink deletes the file(s) or directories specified by x.
Usage
unlink(x, recursive = FALSE)Arguments
x |
a character vector with the names of the file(s) or directories to be deleted. Wildcards (normally ‘*’ and ‘?’) are allowed. |
recursive |
logical. Should directories be deleted recusively? |
Details
If recusive = FALSE directories are not deleted,
not even empty ones.
file.remove can only remove files, but gives more
detailed error information.
Value
The return value of the corresponding system command, rm -f,
normally 0 for success, 1 for failure.
Not deleting a non-existent file is not a failure.
Note
Prior to R version 1.2.0 the default on Unix was recursive =
TRUE, and on Windows empty directories could be deleted.
See Also
file.remove.