Copy files, directories or links

file_copy() copies files.

link_copy() creates a new link pointing to the same location as the previous link.

dir_copy() copies the directory recursively at the new location.

file_copy(path, new_path, overwrite = FALSE)

dir_copy(path, new_path, overwrite = FALSE)

link_copy(path, new_path, overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

path	A character vector of one or more paths.
new_path	A character vector of paths to the new locations.
overwrite	Overwrite files if they exist. If this is FALSE and the file exists an error will be thrown.

Value

The new path (invisibly).

Details

The behavior of dir_copy() differs slightly than that of file.copy() when overwrite = TRUE. The directory will always be copied to new_path, even if the name differs from the basename of path.

Examples

.old_wd <- setwd(tempdir())
file_create("foo")
file_copy("foo", "bar")
try(file_copy("foo", "bar"))
#> Error : [EEXIST] Failed to copy 'foo' to 'bar': file already exists
file_copy("foo", "bar", overwrite = TRUE)
file_delete(c("foo", "bar"))

dir_create("foo")
# Create a directory and put a few files in it
files <- file_create(c("foo/bar", "foo/baz"))
file_exists(files)
#> foo/bar foo/baz 
#>    TRUE    TRUE 

# Copy the directory
dir_copy("foo", "foo2")
file_exists(path("foo2", path_file(files)))
#> foo2/bar foo2/baz 
#>     TRUE     TRUE 

# Create a link to the directory
link_create(path_abs("foo"), "loo")
link_path("loo")
#> /tmp/RtmpBEaVBn/foo
link_copy("loo", "loo2")
link_path("loo2")
#> /tmp/RtmpBEaVBn/foo

# Cleanup
dir_delete(c("foo", "foo2"))
link_delete(c("loo", "loo2"))
setwd(.old_wd)