R help - Feb 2001 - test for end of file?

I want to read in text files, processing a line at a time in a while loop,
and exiting the loop when the entire file has been read.  The files are too
large to suck in as a piece.
\
for example in :

while (line.I.just.read.in != end.of.file){
	dostuff()
	}

what is end.of.file? 
or what would be the functional alternative to this little snippet?

thanks

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"Fitzpatrick, Denis F" <fitzpatrickd at boystown.org> writes:
> I want to read in text files, processing a line at a time in a while loop,
> and exiting the loop when the entire file has been read.  The files are too
> large to suck in as a piece.
> \
> for example in :
> 
> while (line.I.just.read.in != end.of.file){
> 	dostuff()
> 	}
> 
> what is end.of.file? 
> or what would be the functional alternative to this little snippet?
Have a peek at

help(connection)
help(readLines)

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