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Back up and rename the file or directory

Usage

backup_file(path, remove = FALSE, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

path

path to a file or a directory

remove

whether to remove the original path; default is false

quiet

whether not to verbose the messages; default is false

Value

FALSE if nothing to back up, or the back-up path if path exists

Examples


path <- tempfile()
file.create(path)
#> [1] TRUE

path2 <- backup_file(path, remove = TRUE)
#> Moving file file1c961dc1f4aa
#> => file1c961dc1f4aa_[backup_20241114_230531] 

file.exists(c(path, path2))
#> [1] FALSE  TRUE
unlink(path2)