[R] Read files in a folder when new data files come

[jim holtman]

You can read the status of every file in a directory and make the
decision to process it.  One technique is to create a file in the
directory the last time that you processed information from the
directory.  You could schedule an R script to first read in your
'flag' file and determine the date it was created and then get all the
files in the directory that are later than that date to process them.
You would then rewrite your flag file to update its modification date
for the next round.

Does this do what you want?

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:05 PM, jlfmssm <jlfmssm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working on a project. The new data files is coming as the data
> collectors get data, then
> the data collectors put these new data files in a folder. I need to
> read these new data files when they are in folder.
> so far, I did this job manually, that is to say, each time I go to
> that folder and find new data files, then use my R program to
> read these new data files. I am wondering if anyone know how to
> perform this job automatically in R.
>
> thanks,
>
> jlm
>
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