pin_info: Retrieve pin metadata (legacy API)

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Retrieve pin metadata (legacy API)

Description

Usage

pin_info(
  name,
  board = NULL,
  extended = TRUE,
  metadata = TRUE,
  signature = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

name	The exact name of the pin to match when searching.
board	The board name used to find the pin.
extended	Should additional board-specific information be shown?
metadata	Should additional pin-specific information be shown?
signature	Should a signature to identify this pin be shown?
...	Additional parameters.

Details

Retrieve metadata for pins in legacy boards.

Examples

# old API
board_register_local(cache = tempfile())
pin(mtcars)
pin_info("mtcars", "local")

# new API
board <- board_temp()
board %>% pin_write(mtcars)
board %>% pin_meta("mtcars")

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