[R] find directories

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Wed Apr 23 10:50:56 CEST 2008


On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, mel wrote:

> Hello,
> Function dir() is very useful for finding files.
> However, is there a analog function for finding directories
> based eg on a pattern ?

No.

> Apologies if I've missed something obvious.

list.dirs <- function(...)
{
     x <- dir(...)
     x[file_test("-d", x)]
}

> Thanks
> Vincent

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