[R] list.files accessing subdirectory as relative path?

[MacQueen, Don]

If 'foo' is a subdirectory of the current working directory, then
  list.files('foo')
lists the files in foo.

".." goes up one level
But you did not want to go up one level. You wanted to stay at the same
level.
(also, '...' has no meaning in pathnames)

Try either of
  list.files(path = "./Least Developed Countries")
  list.files(path = "Least Developed Countries")

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Don MacQueen

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On 5/5/14 12:29 PM, "Adel" <adel.daoud at sociology.gu.se> wrote:

>Dear list members,
>
>I would like to access a subdirectory given where the work directory has
>been set. So I have:
>
>> getwd()
>[1] "C:/Users/Lord Adellus/Dropbox/I8child1/Data"
>
>> list.files() # give three folders
> [1] "Least Developed Countries"
> [4] "Low middle income grouping"                         "More advanced
>developing countries and territories"
>
>> list.files(path = "../Least Developed Countries") # I want to access now
>> one of the subdirectories
>character(0)
>
>But as you can see R does not want to look into the specified
>subdirectory.
>I have tried several combination and searched the list but without any
>great
>success. 
>
>Actually: 
>
>list.files(path = "../...") #goes up one level in the folder structure so
>I
>cannot see what the problem is.
>
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Adel
>
>
>
>
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