fromFiles.GenericDataFileSet {R.filesets}R Documentation

Defines an GenericDataFileSet object by searching for files

Description

Defines an GenericDataFileSet object by searching for files.

Usage

GenericDataFileSet$fromFiles(path=NULL, pattern=NULL, recursive=FALSE, fileClass=getFileClass(static), ..., .validate=FALSE, verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

path The path where to search for files.
pattern The filename pattern for match files. If NULL, filename extensions corresponding to known subclasses of the abstract GenericDataFile class are search for.
recursive If TRUE, subdirectories are search recursively, otherwise not.
... Optional arguments passed to the constructor of the static (calling) class.

Value

Returns an GenericDataFileSet object.

Reserved filenames

Note that files with names starting with a period . are not searched for. Such files are considered "private" and have to be included explicitly, if wanted.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson (http://www.braju.com/R/)

See Also

For more information see GenericDataFileSet.


[Package R.filesets version 0.5.3 Index]