R: Safely copies a file to a new pathname

copyTo.GenericDataFile {R.filesets} | R Documentation

## Safely copies a file to a new pathname

### Description

Safely copies a file to a new pathname.

### Usage

    ## S3 method for class 'GenericDataFile'
    copyTo(this, filename=getFilename(this), path=NULL, ...)

### Arguments

`filename, path` | The filename and the path for the destination file. The default is to use the same filename as the source file.
`...` | Additional arguments passed to `copyFile`.

### Details

In order to minimize the risk for corrupt copies, the `copyFile` method of R.utils is used, which provides several protection against user, system and file errors.

### Value

Returns a `GenericDataFile` (of the same class as the source file) refering to the new file copy.

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

### See Also

To link to a `GenericDataFile`, see `*linkTo()`. To rename a `GenericDataFile`, see `*renameTo()`. Internally `copyFile` is used. For more information see `GenericDataFile`.

[Package R.filesets version 2.11.0 Index]