prep_access: Prepare access

In dataspice: Create Lightweight Schema.org Descriptions of Data

Prepare access

Description

Extract fileNames from data file(s) and add them to access.csv. The helper validate_file_paths can be used to create vectors of valid file paths that can be checked and then passed as data_path argument to prep_access.

Usage

prep_access(
  data_path = "data",
  access_path = file.path("data", "metadata", "access.csv"),
  ...
)

Arguments

data_path	character vector of either: path(s) to the data file(s). single path to directory containing data file(s). Currently only tabular .csv and .tsv or .rds files are supported.
access_path	path to the access.csv file. Defaults to data/metadata/access.csv.
...	parameters passed to list.files(). For example, use recursive = TRUE to list files in a folder recursively or use pattern to filter files for patterns.

Value

Updates access.csv and writes to access_path.

Examples

## Not run: 
# First create the metadata tempaltes
create_spice()

# Then begin filling them in from your data files
prep_access()

## End(Not run)

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