SeqArray (version 1.12.5)

seqOpen: Open a SeqArray GDS File

Description

Opens a SeqArray GDS file.

Usage

seqOpen(gds.fn, readonly=TRUE, allow.duplicate=FALSE)

Arguments

gds.fn

the file name

readonly

whether read-only or not

allow.duplicate

if TRUE, it is allowed to open a GDS file with read-only mode when it has been opened in the same R session

Value

Return an object of class gds.class.

Details

It is strongly suggested to call seqOpen instead of openfn.gds, since seqOpen will perform internal checking for data integrality.

See Also

seqClose, seqGetData, seqApply

Examples

# the GDS file
(gds.fn <- seqExampleFileName("gds"))

# open the GDS file
gdsfile <- seqOpen(gds.fn)

# display the contents of the GDS file in a hierarchical structure
gdsfile

# close the GDS file
seqClose(gdsfile)