Add file timestamp — add_file

Adds a timestamp to a file

Usage

add_file_timestamp(
  x,
  ts = Sys.time(),
  format = "%Y-%m-%d %H%M%S",
  sep = " "
)

Arguments

x: A vector of files
ts: A single timestamp or vector of timestamps (default: Sys.time())
format: A format to be applied to the times; set to NULL to skip formatting
sep: A character vector of length 1 to separate the timestamp from the file name

Value

The full name paths with the appended time stamp

Examples

file1 <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
file2 <- tempfile()

add_file_timestamp(file1)
#> /tmp/Rtmp0vvHCh/file1d15438c69cd 2025-10-20 051537.txt
add_file_timestamp(file2)
#> /tmp/Rtmp0vvHCh/file1d157bcc91de 2025-10-20 051537

file.remove(file1, file2)
#> Warning: cannot remove file '/tmp/Rtmp0vvHCh/file1d15438c69cd.txt', reason 'No such file or directory'
#> Warning: cannot remove file '/tmp/Rtmp0vvHCh/file1d157bcc91de', reason 'No such file or directory'
#> [1] FALSE FALSE