# creating a file
cat("sddfasdf", file="tempfile")
showConnections()
class description mode text isopen can read can write
con <- file("tempfile", "r")
readLines(con)
[1] "sddfasdf" Warning message: incomplete final line in: readLines(con, n, ok)
showConnections()
class description mode text isopen can read can write 3 "tempfile" "file" "r" "text" "opened" "yes" "no"
unlink("tempfile")
showConnections()
class description mode text isopen can read can write 3 "tempfile" "file" "r" "text" "opened" "yes" "no"
# now we have an opened (read) connection to a non-existing file left
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