Hi, I am looking for some R code, which will delete all files in a Folder that contains both Locked and Unlocked files. There are many, therefore i would like to delete all files programmatically in one go. I used following code : ## "SS" is the Folder name including entire path which contains Locked and Unlocked files. file.remove(file.path(ss, list.files(ss))) [1] FALSE Warning messages: 1: In file.remove(file.path(ss, list.files(ss))) : cannot remove file '..... my folder path...', reason 'Read-only file system' Also when I tried to delete a single Locked file, I am getting following error: Warning message: In file.remove(ss1) : cannot remove file '/..... my folder path...', reason 'Operation not permitted' I am using Mac with OS : 10.7.5 Could you please help me with correct R code?
The command:
system("chflags -R nouchg /path/to/your/directory")
... should unlock your files recursively in the directory. Then proceed with
file.remove()
B.
On Apr 16, 2016, at 3:09 PM, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at
gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for some R code, which will delete all files in a Folder
> that contains both Locked and Unlocked files. There are many,
> therefore i would like to delete all files programmatically in one go.
>
> I used following code :
>
> ## "SS" is the Folder name including entire path which contains
Locked
> and Unlocked files.
>
> file.remove(file.path(ss, list.files(ss)))
> [1] FALSE
> Warning messages:
> 1: In file.remove(file.path(ss, list.files(ss))) :
> cannot remove file '..... my folder path...', reason
'Read-only file system'
>
> Also when I tried to delete a single Locked file, I am getting following
error:
>
> Warning message:
> In file.remove(ss1) :
> cannot remove file '/..... my folder path...', reason
'Operation not
> permitted'
>
> I am using Mac with OS : 10.7.5
>
> Could you please help me with correct R code?
>
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Thank you Boris. It worked. On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Boris Steipe <boris.steipe at utoronto.ca> wrote:> The command: > > system("chflags -R nouchg /path/to/your/directory") > > ... should unlock your files recursively in the directory. Then proceed with > file.remove() > > B. > > > > On Apr 16, 2016, at 3:09 PM, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am looking for some R code, which will delete all files in a Folder >> that contains both Locked and Unlocked files. There are many, >> therefore i would like to delete all files programmatically in one go. >> >> I used following code : >> >> ## "SS" is the Folder name including entire path which contains Locked >> and Unlocked files. >> >> file.remove(file.path(ss, list.files(ss))) >> [1] FALSE >> Warning messages: >> 1: In file.remove(file.path(ss, list.files(ss))) : >> cannot remove file '..... my folder path...', reason 'Read-only file system' >> >> Also when I tried to delete a single Locked file, I am getting following error: >> >> Warning message: >> In file.remove(ss1) : >> cannot remove file '/..... my folder path...', reason 'Operation not >> permitted' >> >> I am using Mac with OS : 10.7.5 >> >> Could you please help me with correct R code? >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >