Setup the report filesystem

setup_filesystem creates the necessary folder structure and optionally clears old reports. This is a convenience function that combines create_filesystem and clear_old_reports.

Usage

setup_filesystem(folders, clear.reports = FALSE)

Arguments

folders

List. Contains paths to report folders with elements:

• internal: Folder for internal reports

• public: Folder for public reports

• settings: Folder for settings files

clear.reports

Logical. Whether to clear old reports from the internal and public folders. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

The input folders list, unchanged.

See also

create_filesystem(), clear_old_reports() which this function wraps.

Examples

# Create folders in a temporary directory
folders <- list(
  internal = file.path(tempdir(), "internal"),
  public = file.path(tempdir(), "public"),
  settings = file.path(tempdir(), "settings")
)
setup_filesystem(folders)
#> $internal
#> [1] "/tmp/Rtmpi1WJEU/internal"
#> 
#> $public
#> [1] "/tmp/Rtmpi1WJEU/public"
#> 
#> $settings
#> [1] "/tmp/Rtmpi1WJEU/settings"
#> 
unlink(unlist(folders, use.names = FALSE), recursive = TRUE)