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Description

Use cff_write_bib() or cff_write_citation().

Usage

write_bib(x, file = tempfile(), append = FALSE, verbose = TRUE, ascii = FALSE)

write_citation(
  x,
  file = "./inst/CITATION",
  append = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

x	A bibentry or a cff object.
file	Name of the file to be created. If NULL, the lines are displayed instead.
append	A logical value. If TRUE, append entries to an existing file.
verbose	A logical value. If TRUE, display informative messages.
ascii	A logical value. If TRUE, write entries using ASCII characters only.

Value

Writes a file.

See Also

• cff_write_bib() for writing ⁠*.bib⁠ files.

• cff_write_citation() for writing R CITATION files.

Deprecated functions: cff_extract_to_bibtex(), cff_from_bibtex(), cff_parse_citation(), cff_parse_person()

Examples

bib <- bibentry("Misc",
  title = "My title",
  author = "Fran Pérez"
)

my_temp_bib <- tempfile(fileext = ".bib")

cff_write_bib(bib, file = my_temp_bib)

cat(readLines(my_temp_bib), sep = "\n")

cff_write_bib(bib, file = my_temp_bib, ascii = TRUE, append = TRUE)

cat(readLines(my_temp_bib), sep = "\n")

cffr documentation built on Aug. 24, 2026, 5:11 p.m.