osf_cp {osfr}

Copy a file or directory

Description

Use osf_cp() to make a copy of a file or directory in a new location.

Usage

osf_cp(x, to, overwrite = FALSE, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

x

An osf_tbl_file containing a single file or directory.

to

Destination where the file or directory will be copied. This can be one of the following:

• An osf_tbl_node with a single project or component.

• An osf_tbl_file with a single directory.

overwrite

Logical, if a file or directory with the same name already exists at the destination should it be replaced with x?

verbose

Logical, indicating whether to print informative messages about interactions with the OSF API (default FALSE).

Details

Note that a file (or directory) cannot be moved or copied onto itself, even if overwrite = TRUE.

Value

An osf_tbl_file containing the updated OSF file.

See Also

Other OSF file operations: osf_mkdir(), osf_mv(), osf_rm()

Examples

## Not run: 
project <- osf_create_project("Flower Data")

write.csv(iris, file = "iris.csv")
data_file <- osf_upload(project,"iris.csv")

# Create a new directory to copy our file to
data_dir <- osf_mkdir(project, "data")

# Copy the file to our data directory
data_file <- osf_cp(data_file, to = data_dir)

# Copy directory to new component
data_comp <- osf_create_component(project, title = "data", category = "data")
data_dir %>%
  osf_cp(to = data_comp) %>%
  osf_open()

## End(Not run)