r-lib/fs

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Provide cross platform file operations based on libuv.

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Last GitHub push: Apr 18, 2026
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Improve performance of path_rel Open

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r-lib/fs#519 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 4, 2026
allow dir_ls to recursively list linked directories Open

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r-lib/fs#518 · Opened Jun 12, 2026
[BUG] `is_*()` return `FALSE` for nonexistent paths, but documentation says they should return `NA` Open

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r-lib/fs#516 · Opened May 26, 2026
Feature Request: Allow dir_ls glob/regex patterns to ignore the supplied path Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

r-lib/fs#512 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 1, 2026
preserve vector names when making an fs path Open

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r-lib/fs#504 · Opened Mar 5, 2026
`file_copy` with `overwrite = TRUE` permission problem Open

r-lib/fs#499 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · 2 assignees · Opened Dec 2, 2025
Renaming folders with extensions fails. Open

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r-lib/fs#497 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2025
ext argument of fs::path is not vectorized Open

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r-lib/fs#496 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 20, 2025
dir_create can't set permission from docker Open

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r-lib/fs#495 · Opened Jul 7, 2025
Suggestion: provide a cheatsheet Open

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r-lib/fs#487 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 31, 2025
Faster file stat for directories? Open

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r-lib/fs#484 · 11 comments · Opened Dec 18, 2024
Add additional search options for `dir_map` and `dir_walk` Open

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r-lib/fs#483 · Opened Dec 11, 2024
`dir_copy()` gives diiferent results for `overwrite` parameter to empty destination Open

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r-lib/fs#482 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 11, 2024
Test relies on {tibble} in an opaque way Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#481 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 25, 2024
`dir_info` in Linux not working properly Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#477 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 4, 2024
file_move with overwrite-option similar to dir_move? Open

feature

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r-lib/fs#476 · Opened Oct 29, 2024
`file_chmod` doesn't work with an empty vector and a single mode Open

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r-lib/fs#471 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 10, 2024
`dir_copy` and permissions to the `new_path` Open

bug feature

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r-lib/fs#466 · Opened Aug 19, 2024
dir_create() fails in ACL-controlled directories Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#465 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 8, 2024
New folders are created with `0755` permission Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#464 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2024
FR: dir_rename() Open

feature

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r-lib/fs#462 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 12, 2024
fs still retains GPL-3 provision? Open

upkeep

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

r-lib/fs#460 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 18, 2024
`path_dir()` doesn't understand path expansion with `~` well on Windows Open

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r-lib/fs#459 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 13, 2024
NFS caching causes `file_exists()` to return wrong result Open

feature

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r-lib/fs#458 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 7, 2024
FR: Have clickable hyperlinks in tibble column if column has fs::path class Open

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r-lib/fs#456 · Opened May 14, 2024
dir_ls crashes R 4.2.1 when reading very large directories Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#447 · 10 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 21, 2024
Optionally let `dir_tree` hide parent directories (like `lsd --tree`) Open

feature

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r-lib/fs#444 · Opened Feb 9, 2024
fs::file_info hangs for symlinks of symlinks Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#440 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 7, 2024
Add alt-text to pictures, plots, etc; see https://posit.co/blog/knitr-fig-alt/ for examples Open

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r-lib/fs#438 · Opened Nov 3, 2023
`usethis::use_standalone("r-lib/rlang", "types-check")` instead of home grown argument checkers; Open

upkeep

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r-lib/fs#437 · Opened Nov 3, 2023
Use cli errors or file an issue if you don't have time to do it now Open

upkeep

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r-lib/fs#436 · Opened Nov 3, 2023
`dir_copy()` is not idempotent when `overwrite = F` Open

documentation

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r-lib/fs#431 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 26, 2023
file_show + interactive Open

feature

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r-lib/fs#429 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 29, 2023
PATH_MAX still an issue despite Windows setting allowing longer paths Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#420 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 8, 2023
Can `<fs_bytes>` force you towards using `<double>` as the internal storage type? Open

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r-lib/fs#409 · Opened Mar 7, 2023
`file.copy` destroy the file if path == new_path in ubuntu 20.04 Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#400 · Opened Dec 6, 2022
dir_exists hangs up with a broken autoloop symlink Open

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r-lib/fs#394 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 18, 2022
`path_real()` fails with ENOENT on a path that does not exist on Windows 11 with R 4.2.1 Open

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r-lib/fs#389 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 29, 2022
path_tidy breaks paths with backslashes in them Open

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r-lib/fs#388 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 21, 2022
Invalid multibyte string when printing certain combination of characters with fs::path() Open

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r-lib/fs#384 · 2 comments · Opened May 31, 2022
`path_real()` garbles non-ascii characters in non-UTF-8 locale Open

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r-lib/fs#383 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 17, 2022
Obsolete reference to GPL in inst/COPYRIGHTS? Open

documentation

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r-lib/fs#375 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 8, 2022
Use tidytemplate Open

upkeep

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

r-lib/fs#374 · Opened Mar 3, 2022
Inconsistent treatment of non-character path inputs Open

feature

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r-lib/fs#370 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 22, 2022
dir_ls() glob does not work with subfolders Open

reprex

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r-lib/fs#367 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 19, 2022
`dir_ls()` trips over non-ascii file names when native encoding isn't UTF-8 Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#366 · 12 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Jan 4, 2022
Installation fails on Termux Open

help wanted :heart:

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r-lib/fs#349 · 17 comments · Opened Oct 3, 2021
Unable to install on Mac M1 Open

bug

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r-lib/fs#348 · 13 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Sep 18, 2021
Feature Request: `link_create()` on Windows networked drives Open

feature

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r-lib/fs#341 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 28, 2021
Unable to install fs on Redhat Linux 8.4 Open

reprex

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r-lib/fs#338 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 9, 2021

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