convSlashes function

Convert Slashes from UNIX to DOS

Convert slashes in a string from / to \ if the operating system is windows . Do the reverse if the OS is unix .

convSlashes(expr, os=.Platform$OS.type, addQuotes=FALSE)

Arguments

• expr: String value (usually a system pathway).
• os: operating system (either "windows" or "unix").
• addQuotes: logical: if TRUE, enclose the string expression in escaped double quotation marks.

Returns

Returns the input string modified to have the appropriate slashes for the specified operating system.

Author(s)

Rowan Haigh, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo BC