Check File Type — util_check_file_type • jeksterslabRutils

Checks if files have the specified file type. Returns filenames of files that mismatch the file type specified with an option to delete them.

util_check_file_type(
  dir = getwd(),
  fn,
  file_type = "PDF document",
  remove_files = FALSE,
  par = TRUE,
  ncores = NULL
)

Arguments

dir	Character string. Directory which contains target files.
fn	Character vector. Filenames.
file_type	Character string. File type. For example, "PDF document" for PDF and "EPUB document" for EPUB.
remove_files	Logical. Remove files that do not match the specified file type. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS OPTION AS FILES CAN BE DELETED FROM YOUR SYSTEM.
par	Logical. If `TRUE`, use multiple cores.
ncores	Integer. Number of cores to use if `par = TRUE`. If unspecified, defaults to `detectCores() - 1`.

Author

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

Examples

if (FALSE) {
util_check_file_type(
  dir = getwd(),
  fn = c(
    "file_01.pdf",
    "file_02.pdf",
    "file_03.pdf",
    "file_04.pdf",
    "file_05.pdf"
  ),
  file_type = "PDF document",
  par = FALSE
)
}