closefn.gds: Close a GDS file
In gdsfmt: R Interface to CoreArray Genomic Data Structure (GDS) Files

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

Close a CoreArray Genomic Data Structure (GDS) file.

1	closefn.gds(gdsfile)

gdsfile

an object of class gds.class, a GDS file

For better performance, data in a GDS file are usually cached in memory. Keep in mind that the new file may not actually be written to disk, until closefn.gds or sync.gds is called. Anyway, when R shuts down, all GDS files created or opened would be automatically closed.

None.

Xiuwen Zheng

http://github.com/zhengxwen/gdsfmt

createfn.gds, openfn.gds, sync.gds

# cteate a GDS file
f <- createfn.gds("test.gds")

add.gdsn(f, "int.matrix", matrix(1:50*100, nrow=100, ncol=50))

# close the GDS file
closefn.gds(f)

# delete the temporary file
unlink("test.gds", force=TRUE)