[R] get absolute file path

[Sebastian Gibb]

Am Sonntag, 26. September 2010, 10:08:39 schrieb Romain Francois:
> Le 26/09/10 10:00, Sebastian Gibb a écrit :
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I get a value which stores a relative file name. (I get it from another
> > function, which I don't want to change.)
> > e.g.
> > 
> >> fileName<- "../data/2010-08.csv";
> > 
> > Is it possible to get the absolute file path out of this value?
> > (e.g. /home/sebastian/documents/data/2010-08.csv)
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> > Sebastian
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I often use tools:::file_path_as_absolute which is not exported from the
> tools namespace, but does the job.
> 
> Romain

Hello Romain,

thank you, this function works like expected.
Why is it "hidden"?

Kind regards,

Sebastian