[R] get absolute file path

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Sebastian Gibb writes:

> Am Sonntag, 26. September 2010, 10:08:39 schrieb Romain Francois:
>> Le 26/09/10 10:00, Sebastian Gibb a écrit :
>> > Hello,
>> > 
>> > I get a value which stores a relative file name. (I get it from another
>> > function, which I don't want to change.)
>> > e.g.
>> > 
>> >> fileName<- "../data/2010-08.csv";
>> > 
>> > Is it possible to get the absolute file path out of this value?
>> > (e.g. /home/sebastian/documents/data/2010-08.csv)
>> > 
>> > Kind regards,
>> > 
>> > Sebastian
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I often use tools:::file_path_as_absolute which is not exported from the
>> tools namespace, but does the job.
>> 
>> Romain

> Hello Romain,

> thank you, this function works like expected.
> Why is it "hidden"?

Afaics it is exported and documented.

-k

> Kind regards,

> Sebastian