ncdfFlow (version 2.18.0)

clone.ncdfFlowSet: Clone a ncdfFlowSet

Description

Create a new ncdfFlowSet object from an existing one

Usage

clone.ncdfFlowSet(ncfs, ncdfFile = NULL, isEmpty = TRUE, isNew = TRUE, dim = 2, compress = 0)

Arguments

ncfs

A ncdfFlowSet.

ncdfFile

A character scalar giving the output file name. By default, It is NULL and the function will generate a random file name, potentially adding the .cdf suffix unless a file extension is already present. It is only valid when isNewNcFile=TRUE

isEmpty

A logical scalar indicating whether the raw data should also be copied.if FALSE, an empty cdf file is created with the same dimensions (sample*events*channels) as the orignial one.

isNew

A logical scalar indicating whether the new cdf file should be created. If FALSE, the original cdf file is associated with the new ncdfFlowSet object.

dim

integer see details in read.ncdfFlowset.

compress

integer see details in read.ncdfFlowset.

Value

A ncdfFlowSet object

See Also

read.ncdfFlowSet

Examples

path<-system.file("extdata","compdata","data",package="flowCore")
files<-list.files(path,full.names=TRUE)[1:3]

#create ncdfFlowSet from fcs
nc1  <- read.ncdfFlowSet(files=files,ncdfFile="ncfsTest.nc",flowSetId="fs1",isWriteSlice= TRUE)

##clone the ncdfFlowSet object,by default the actual raw data is not added
nc2<-clone.ncdfFlowSet(nc1,"clone.nc")
nc2[[1]]

#add the actual raw data
fs1  <- read.flowSet(files=files)
nc2[[sampleNames(fs1)[1]]] <- fs1[[1]]
nc2[[1]]

#delete the cdf file associated with ncdfFlowSet before removing it from memory
unlink(nc2)
rm(nc2)

unlink(nc1)
rm(nc1)