path.expand               package:base               R Documentation

_E_x_p_a_n_d _F_i_l_e _P_a_t_h_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Expand a path name, for example by replacing a leading tilde by
     the user's home directory (if defined on that platform).

_U_s_a_g_e:

     path.expand(path)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    path: character vector containing one or more path names.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     On _some_ Unix versions, a leading '~user' will expand to the home
     directory of 'user', but not on Unix versions without 'readline'
     installed, nor if R is invoked with '--no-readline'.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'basename'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     path.expand("~/foo")