split_path {nat.utils}

Split file path into individual components (optionally including separators)

Description

Split file path into individual components (optionally including separators)

Usage

split_path(
  path,
  include.fseps = FALSE,
  omit.duplicate.fseps = FALSE,
  fsep = .Platform$file.sep
)

Arguments

path

A path with directories separated by fseps.

include.fseps

Whether to include the separators in the returned character vector (default FALSE)

omit.duplicate.fseps

Whether to omit duplicate file separators if include.fseps=TRUE (default FALSE).

fsep

The path separator (default to .Platform$file.sep)

Value

A character vector with one element for each component in the path (including path separators if include.fseps=TRUE).

See Also

file.path

Other path_utils: abs2rel(), common_path()

Examples

split_path("/a/b/c")
split_path("a/b/c")
parts=split_path("/a/b/c", include.fseps=TRUE)
# join parts back up again
paste(parts, collapse = "")
split_path("a/b//c", include.fseps=TRUE, omit.duplicate.fseps=TRUE)
# Windows style
split_path("C:\\a\\b\\c", fsep="\\")