| shortPathName {utils} | R Documentation |
Express File Paths in Short Form
Description
Convert file paths to the short (DOS) form, with 8+3 path components
and no spaces. This is an interface to the Windows API call
GetShortPathName.
Usage
shortPathName(path)
Arguments
path |
character vector of file paths. |
Value
A character vector. The path separator will be \. If the
file does not exist, the supplied path will be returned with slashes
replaced by backslashes.
See Also
normalizePath.
Examples
cat(shortPathName(c(R.home(), tempdir())), sep = "\n")