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 file18ca35ba05dc
#> => file18ca35ba05dc_[backup_20250521_174559]
file.exists(c(path, path2))
#> [1] FALSE TRUE
unlink(path2)