Package: fs 2.1.0

Jeroen Ooms

fs: Cross-Platform File System Operations Based on 'libuv'

A cross-platform interface to file system operations, built on top of the 'libuv' C library.

Authors:Jim Hester [aut], Hadley Wickham [aut], Gábor Csárdi [aut], Jeroen Ooms [cre], libuv project contributors [cph], Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors [cph], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd]

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fs/json (API)

# Install 'fs' in R:

install.packages('fs', repos = c('https://r-lib.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/r-lib/fs/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://fs.r-lib.org

Uses libs:

libuv1– Asynchronous event notification library
c++– GNU Standard C++ Library v3

On CRAN:

filesystem libuv libuv1 cpp

20.81 score 382 stars 5.9k packages 17k scripts 1.8M downloads 20 mentions 69 exports 0 dependencies

Last updated from:81211aafd4. Checks:13 OK. Indexed: yes.

Target	Result	Time
linux-devel-arm64	OK	157
linux-devel-x86_64	OK	144
source / vignettes	OK	224
linux-release-arm64	OK	184
linux-release-x86_64	OK	141
macos-release-arm64	OK	121
macos-release-x86_64	OK	208
macos-oldrel-arm64	OK	98
macos-oldrel-x86_64	OK	303
windows-devel	OK	124
windows-release	OK	118
windows-oldrel	OK	112
wasm-release	OK	131

Exports:as_fs_bytes as_fs_path as_fs_perms dir_copy dir_create dir_delete dir_exists dir_info dir_ls dir_map dir_tree dir_walk file_access file_chmod file_chown file_copy file_create file_delete file_exists file_info file_move file_show file_size file_temp file_temp_pop file_temp_push file_touch fs_bytes fs_path fs_perms group_ids is_absolute_path is_dir is_dir_empty is_file is_file_empty is_link link_copy link_create link_delete link_exists link_path path path_abs path_common path_dir path_expand path_expand_r path_ext path_ext_remove path_ext_set path_ext<-path_file path_filter path_has_parent path_home path_home_r path_join path_norm path_package path_real path_rel path_sanitize path_select_components path_split path_temp path_tidy path_wd user_ids

Dependencies:

Comparison of fs functions, base R, and shell commands

Directory functions | File functions | Path functions

Rendered fromfunction-comparisons.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-03-23
Started: 2019-03-19

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Development and contributors

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help page	Topics
Copy files, directories or links	copy dir_copy file_copy link_copy
Create files, directories, or links	create dir_create file_create link_create
Delete files, directories, or links	delete dir_delete file_delete link_delete
List files	dir_info dir_ls dir_map dir_walk
Print contents of directories in a tree-like format	dir_tree
Query for existence and access permissions	dir_exists file_access file_exists link_exists
Change file permissions	file_chmod
Change owner or group of a file	file_chown
Query file metadata	file_info file_size
Move or rename files	file_move
Open files or directories	file_show
Create names for temporary files	file_temp file_temp_pop file_temp_push path_temp
Change file access and modification times	file_touch
Human readable file sizes	as_fs_bytes fs_bytes
File paths	as_fs_path fs_path
Create, modify and view file permissions	as_fs_perms fs_perms
Lookup Users and Groups on a system	group_ids id user_ids
Test if a path is an absolute path	is_absolute_path
Check if a directory is empty	is_dir_empty
Functions to test for file types	is_dir is_file is_file_empty is_link
Read the value of a symbolic link	link_path
Construct path to a file or directory	path path_wd
Finding the User Home Directory	path_expand path_expand_r path_home path_home_r
Manipulate file paths	path_dir path_ext path_ext<- path_ext_remove path_ext_set path_file
Filter paths	path_filter
Path computations	path_abs path_common path_has_parent path_join path_math path_norm path_real path_rel path_split
Construct a path to a location within an installed or development package	path_package
Sanitize a filename by removing directory paths and invalid characters	path_sanitize
Select path components by their position/index.	path_select_components
Tidy paths	path_tidy