system.file {base}R Documentation

Find Names of R System Files

Description

Finds the full file names of files in packages etc.

Usage

system.file(..., pkg = .packages(), lib = .lib.loc)

Arguments

... character strings, specifying subdirectory and file(s) within some package. The default, none or "", returns the root of package(s). Wildcards are not supported.
pkg a character vector with package names.
lib a character vector with path names of R package libraries, see .lib.loc for the default.

Value

A character vector of positive length, containing the file names that matched ..., or the empty string, "", if none matched. If matching the root of a package, there is no trailing separator.

As a special case, system.file() gives the root of the base package only.

See Also

list.files

Examples

system.file()            # The root of the `base' package
system.file(pkg="lqs")   # The root of package `lqs'
system.file("INDEX")
system.file("help/AnIndex", pkg = c("stepfun", "mva"))

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