Hi Wincent,
Have a look at:
?file.path



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On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Wincent <ronggui.huang@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all, is there any function to assert whether a file path is
> legitimate, and to convert any potential file path to a legitimate
> file path?
>
> I automate a batch of files and write them to plain text files with
> cat(). The file argument of cat() is generated automatically which may
> contain characters such as ? < >, unacceptable in Windows OS. What I
> do at this moment is to strip such characters off with gsub(). Is
> there any direct way to make legitimate file path without detailed
> knowledge about the naming rule specific to a OS?
>
> Best
>
> --
> Wincent Ronggui HUANG
> Sociology Department of Fudan University
> PhD of City University of Hong Kong
> http://homepage.fudan.edu.cn/rghuang/cv/
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