tagtools (version 0.2.0)

save_nc: Save a tag dataset to a netCDF file.

Description

This function saves a tag dataset to a netCDF file (this is an archival file format supported by the tagtools package and suitable for submission to online data archives).

Usage

save_nc(file, X, ...)

Value

no return; saves a dataset to an nc file

Arguments

file

The name of the data and metadata file to be written. If file does not include a .nc suffix, this will be added automatically.

X

An animaltag object, or a list of tag sensor and/or metadata lists. Alternatively, sensor and metadata lists may be input as multiple separate unnamed inputs. Only these kind of variables can be saved in a NetCDF file because the supporting information in these structures is needed to describe the contents of the file. For non-archive and non-portable storage of variables, consider using save or various functions to write data to text files.

...

Additional sensor or metadata lists, if user has not bundled them all into a list already but is providing individual structures.

Details

Warning: this will overwrite any previous NetCDF file with the same name. The file is assumed to be in the current working directory unless file includes file path information.

Examples

# \dontshow{
.old_wd <- setwd(tempdir())
# }
BW <- beaked_whale
save_nc("beaked_whale_test", BW)

# \dontshow{
setwd(.old_wd)
# }