tions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Vectorization. All <strong>fs</strong> functions are vectorized, accepting multiple paths as input. Base functions are inconsistently vectorized.</p></li>
<li><p>Predictable return values that always convey a path. All <strong>fs</strong> functions return a character vector of paths, a named integer or a logical vector, where the names give the paths. Base return values are more varied: they are often logical or contain error codes which require downstream processing.</p></li>
<li><p>