Delete files, directories, or links
file_delete() and link_delete() delete file and links. Compared to
file.remove they always fail if they cannot delete the object rather than
changing return value or signalling a warning. If any inputs are
directories, they are passed to dir_delete(), so file_delete() can
therefore be used to delete any filesystem object.
dir_delete() will first delete the contents of the directory, then remove
the directory. Compared to unlink it will always throw an error if the
directory cannot be deleted rather than being silent or signalling a warning.
file_delete(path) dir_delete(path) link_delete(path)
path |
A character vector of one or more paths. |
The deleted paths (invisibly).
# create a directory, with some files and a link to it
dir_create("dir")
files <- file_create(path("dir", letters[1:5]))
link <- link_create(path_abs("dir"), "link")
# All files created
dir_exists("dir")
file_exists(files)
link_exists("link")
file_exists(link_path("link"))
# Delete a file
file_delete(files[1])
file_exists(files[1])
# Delete the directory (which deletes the files as well)
dir_delete("dir")
file_exists(files)
dir_exists("dir")
# The link still exists, but what it points to does not.
link_exists("link")
dir_exists(link_path("link"))
# Delete the link
link_delete("link")
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