R: Gets a writable pathname

Arguments$getWritablePathname {R.utils} | R Documentation

## Gets a writable pathname

### Description

Gets a writable pathname.

### Usage

    ## Static method (use this):
    ## Arguments$getWritablePathname(..., mustExist=FALSE, mustNotExist=FALSE, mkdirs=TRUE,
    ##   maxTries=5L)

    ## Don't use the below:
    ## S3 method for class 'Arguments'
    getWritablePathname(static, ..., mustExist=FALSE, mustNotExist=FALSE, mkdirs=TRUE,
      maxTries=5L)

### Arguments

`...` | Arguments passed to `*getReadablePathname()`.
`mustExist` | If `TRUE` and the pathname does not exists, an Exception is thrown, otherwise not.
`mustNotExist` | If the file exists, and `mustNotExist` is `TRUE`, an Exception is thrown. If the file exists, and `mustNotExist` is `FALSE`, or the file does not exists, the pathname is accepted.
`mkdirs` | If `TRUE`, `mustNotExist` is `FALSE`, and the path to the file does not exist, it is (recursively) created.
`maxTries` | A positive `integer` specifying how many times the method should try to create a missing directory before giving up. For more details, see `mkdirs`.

### Value

Returns a `character` string of the pathname of the file. If the argument was invalid an `Exception` is thrown.

### Missing values

If any argument in `...` is `NA`, an exception is thrown.

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

### See Also

`*getReadablePathname()`. `filePath`. `mkdirs`. For more information see `Arguments`.

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