Back up and rename the file or directory — backup_file • raveio

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 file19a5110a2d22
#> => file19a5110a2d22_[backup_20240503_181424] 

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