Make sure user-input file names are not problematic.
Usage
path_sanitize(
path,
replacement = "_",
remove_whitespace = TRUE,
keep_sep = TRUE
)
Arguments
- path
the path to sanitize (can be a vector of paths)
- replacement
the character to replace invalid characters with
- remove_whitespace
whether to include whitespace as a problem
- keep_sep
whether to keep the path separator /
Value
the sanitized vector
Examples
path <- "/My Files/x><y.pdf"
path_sanitize(path)
#> [1] "/My_Files/x_y.pdf"
path_sanitize(path, replacement = "~")
#> [1] "/My~Files/x~y.pdf"
path_sanitize(path, remove_whitespace = FALSE)
#> [1] "/My Files/x_y.pdf"
path_sanitize(path, keep_sep = FALSE)
#> [1] "_My_Files_x_y.pdf"
