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")