[R] Finding a folder at the root level of an unknown drive

Dennis Fisher fisher at plessthan.com
Sat Jun 6 15:19:17 CEST 2009


Colleagues,

R 2.9.0
Windows XP

Task is as follows:
A folder FOLDERNAME exists at the root level of some drive, e.g., E: 
\FOLDERNAME
I want to search all possible drives to find the location of this  
folder but I don't know what drives exist or are mounted.

The command:
	dir(path="C:/", pattern=FOLDERNAME)
happens to be successful.

However, the command:
	dir(path="C:/", pattern=FOLDERNAME)
results is a pop-up message:
	"There is no disk in the drive.  Please insert a disk into drive D:"

Can I avoid the pop-up message?  i.e., can I execute a command that  
silently reports only successes?

Thanks in advance.

Dennis

Dennis Fisher MD
P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
Phone: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784)
Fax: 1-415-564-2220
www.PLessThan.com




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