[R] Removing files after reading them in R
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Description
In R it's not possible to delete the files eventhough the dataframe is cleared from the R environment.
```r
write.csv(mtcars, file = "mtcars.csv", quote = FALSE, row.names = FALSE)
df <- arrow::to_duckdb(arrow::open_dataset("mtcars.csv", format = "csv", delimiter = ","))
df <- df %>% select(c("mpg", "disp", "drat", "wt")) %>% collect()
## Do some checks on df.
rm(df)
file.remove("mtcars.csv")
```
The `file.remove` leads to a Permission Denied error eventhough the dataframe is cleared from the R environment.
**Reporter**: [Wytze Gelderloos](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-17208)
**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-17208](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-17208). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*
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Research direction
Start by running the R reproduction in the issue and confirm that file.remove("mtcars.csv") fails after rm(df). Trace the Arrow R dataset and collect path to identify which object still holds the file, then verify that the file can be removed after the dataframe is cleared without a permission error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100