| path.expand {base} | R Documentation |
Expand File Paths
Description
Expand a path name, for example by replacing a leading tilde by the user's home directory (if defined on that platform).
Usage
path.expand(path)
Arguments
path |
character vector containing one or more path names. |
Details
On some Unix versions, a leading ~user will expand to
the home directory of user, but not on Unix versions without
readline installed, nor if R is invoked with
--no-readline.
See Also
basename
Examples
path.expand("~/foo")