Check if path is absolute

Relative paths will be detected based on the presence of wildcard character(*) in the path specification.

Usage

isPathAbsolute(path)

validateIsPathAbsolute(path)

validatePathIsAbsolute(path)

Arguments

path

A valid file path name.

Value

• isPathAbsolute() returns TRUE if path is absolute (no wildcard); FALSE otherwise.

• validateIsPathAbsolute() returns NULL if path is absolute. Otherwise, error is signaled.

Examples

# check if path is absolute
isPathAbsolute("Organism|path") # TRUE
#> [1] TRUE
isPathAbsolute("Organism|*path") # FALSE
#> [1] FALSE

# validation: no error if path is absolute
validateIsPathAbsolute("Organism|path")
#> NULL

# validation: error otherwise
# validateIsPathAbsolute("Organism|*path")