R: Express File Paths in Short Form

shortPathName {utils}

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Express File Paths in Short Form

Description

Convert file paths to the short (DOS) form, with 8+3 path components and no spaces. This is an interface to the Windows API call GetShortPathName.

Usage

shortPathName(path)

Arguments

path

character vector of file paths.

Value

A character vector. The path separator will be \. If the file does not exist, the supplied path will be returned with slashes replaced by backslashes.

Examples

cat(shortPathName(c(R.home(), tempdir())), sep = "\n")