[R] checking whether a file is empty

[Prof Brian Ripley]

What is wrong with

> file.create("foo")
[1] TRUE
> file.info("foo")$size
[1] 0
> file.remove("foo")

?

I really wonder what searches you did: help.search("file") come up with 
file.info.


On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Faheem Mitha wrote:

> Is there a way to check whether a file is empty in R. I did the customary 
> searches, but did not find anything. Please cc me on any reply.
>                                                           Thanks, Faheem.

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