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rio (version 1.2.3)

get_info: Get File Info

Description

A utility function to retrieve the file information of a filename, path, or URL.

Usage

get_info(file)

get_ext(file)

Value

For get_info(), a list is return with the following slots

  • input file extension or information used to identify the possible file format

  • format file format, see format argument of import()

  • type "import" (supported by default); "suggest" (supported by suggested packages, see install_formats()); "enhance" and "known " are not directly supported; NA is unsupported

  • format_name name of the format

  • import_function What function is used to import this file

  • export_function What function is used to export this file

  • file file

For get_ext(), just input (usually file extension) is returned; retained for backward compatibility.

Arguments

file

A character string containing a filename, file path, or URL.

Examples

Run this code
get_info("starwars.xlsx")
get_info("starwars.ods")
get_info("https://github.com/ropensci/readODS/raw/v2.1/starwars.ods")
get_info("~/duran_duran_rio.mp3")
get_ext("clipboard") ## "clipboard"
get_ext("https://github.com/ropensci/readODS/raw/v2.1/starwars.ods")

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