seqinr (version 3.4-5)

ghelp: Get help from an ACNUC server

Description

Reads one item of information in specified help file from an ACNUC server. The are differences between ACNUC clients so that this help could be confusing. However, the query language is common to all clients so that the most recent documentation is most likely here.

Usage

ghelp(item = c("GENERAL", "SELECT", "SPECIES", "KEYWORD"),
 file = c("HELP", "HELP_WIN"), socket = autosocket(), catresult = TRUE)

Arguments

item

the name of the desired help item

file

the name of the help file on server side.

socket

an object of class sockconn connecting to a remote ACNUC database (default is a socket to the last opened database).

catresult

logical. If TRUE output is redirected to the console.

Value

A vector of string which is returned invisibly and "cated" to the console by default.

References

http://doua.prabi.fr/databases/acnuc.html

citation("seqinr")

See Also

choosebank, query

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  ### Need internet connection
  choosebank("emblTP")
  ghelp()
  ghelp("SELECT")
  # To get info about current database:
  ghelp("CONT")
  
# }