[R] list files - unix bug?

[peter dalgaard]

On Aug 3, 2012, at 10:50 , Simon Schafferer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> when I call the function "list.files()" it also lists directories, although
> the parameter include.dirs is set to FALSE by default.
> The function also lists directories when the parameter include.dirs is
> explicitly set to FALSE "list.files(include.dirs=FALSE)".
> I have tested this also on a mac os -> same results.

Help page has:

include.dirs: logical.  Should subdirectory names be included in
          recursive listings?  (There always are in non-recursive
          ones).

"There" is a typo for "They", but apart from that it is behaving as documented.




> 
> kind regards,
> simon
> 
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22)
> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> 
> locale:
> [1] LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
> [3] LC_TIME=de_AT.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=de_AT.UTF-8
> [5] LC_MONETARY=de_AT.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=de_AT.UTF-8
> [7] LC_PAPER=C                 LC_NAME=C
> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=de_AT.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
> 
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