[R] Dating Objects

[Paul Roebuck]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Jason Skelton wrote:

> I'm trying to carryout the equivalent of ls -l in R
> to give some date/time label to each of my objects
>
> If the case is that there is no equivalent, is it
> possible to list all objects in an environment that
> share a common component so that the common component
> is also displayed?
>
> I'm attempting to do the following
>
> object$time <- Sys.time()
>
> for every object i've created which although tedious
> appears to work
>
> However I've no idea how if it is possible to list all
> the objects by $time or extract the object name & $time
> from all objects simultaneously so I can compare them.

Not really following why you want to do this so it's
hard to suggest something. Were you attempting to track
mtime or ctime?

Perhaps instead you could describe the larger problem
you're trying to solve so there's more context to work
with.

> Or am I just wasting my time?

Most of us probably are...

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