[R] Issues with file.info?

[Jason Rupert]

Yes.  You are right that is the trick:)

Here is what I'm seeing:
input_path<-c("C:/WINDOWS/system32")
file.info(list.files(input_path))


            size isdir mode mtime ctime atime  exe
$winnt$.inf   NA    NA <NA>  <NA>  <NA>  <NA> <NA>
1025   NA    NA <NA>  <NA>  <NA>  <NA> <NA>
...
xsi.jar  NA NA <NA>  <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA>
xsi.zip  NA NA <NA>  <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA>
zipfldr.dll NA NA <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA>

input_path<-c("C:/WINDOWS/system32/winmine.exe")
file.info(input_path)

                                  size isdir mode               mtime               ctime               atime   exe
C:/WINDOWS/system32/winmine.exe 119808 FALSE  777 2002-12-31 07:00:00 2008-08-15 14:28:37 2009-07-13 09:39:32 win32

Not sure why, file.info is not working for the array of input files/folders/etc. but successfully works when an individual file in input.  

Thanks again for your insights and feedback. 



--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> From: Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
> Subject: Re: [R] Issues with file.info?
> To: "Jason Rupert" <jasonkrupert at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "R-help at r-project.org" <R-help at r-project.org>
> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 3:13 PM
> 
> On 10/07/2009, at 6:02 AM, Jason Rupert wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Are there any tricks associated with file.info?
> > 
> > I just tried it on a directory folder and it returned
> NA for all fields for all files.  I tried it on a
> different folder with different files and it still returned
> NA.
> > 
> > I tried it on a specific file and it returned all the
> proper info correctly.
> > 
> > Just wondering if there are any tricks I've
> overlooked.
> 
> Yes.  You've overlooked the trick of telling us about
> the specifics of
> your operating system, version of R, etc., and of showing
> exactly what
> commands you ``tried'', i.e. of reading the Posting Guide.
> 
>     cheers,
> 
>         Rolf Turner
> 
> 
> 
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