RSurvey (version 0.6-0)

GetFile: Select a File to Open or Save As

Description

A GUI for selecting files to open or save.

Usage

GetFile(cmd = "Open", file = NULL, exts = NULL, initialdir = NULL, 
        initialfile = NULL, defaultextension = NULL, 
        win.title = cmd, multi = FALSE, parent = NULL)

Arguments

cmd

character; specifies if an "Open" or "Save As" file management pop up dialog box is implemented.

file

character; the name of the file which the data are to be read from. Alternatively, file can be a readable text-mode connection (optional).

exts

character; a vector of default file extensions.

initialdir

character; specifies that the files in this directory should be displayed when the dialog pops up.

initialfile

character; the filename to be displayed in the dialog when it pops up.

defaultextension

character; the string that will be appended to the filename if the user enters a filename without an extension.

win.title

character; a string to display as the title of the dialog box.

multi

logical; if TRUE multiple files may be selected, its default is FALSE.

parent

tkwin; the parent window (optional).

Value

• If multi is FALSE returns a list containing the following components:
• path
  character; the file path
• dir
  character; the directory that contains the file
• name
  character; the file name
• ext
  character; the file extension
• type
  character; the file type
• Otherwise, a list is returned containing list components for each file.

Examples

GetFile()