box_save: Download/upload an R workspace from/to a Box file

In brendan-R/boxr: Interface for the 'Box.com API'

Download/upload an R workspace from/to a Box file

Description

Use these functions to save and load workspaces or collections of objects to or from Box. Similar to save(), save.image(), and load(): these functions operate on files at Box instead of on local files.

Usage

box_save(..., dir_id = box_getwd(), file_name = ".RData", description = NULL)

box_save_image(
  dir_id = box_getwd(),
  file_name = ".RData",
  description = NULL,
  filename
)

box_load(file_id)

Arguments

...	Objects to be saved, quoted or unquoted; passed to save().
dir_id	numeric or character, folder ID at Box.
file_name	character, if supplied, an alternate filename for the local version of the Box file.
description	character, description caption for the file.
filename	character, deprecated: use file_name instead.
file_id	numeric or character, file ID at Box.

Details

box_save()

Save object(s) using save(), write to Box.

box_save_image()

Save workspace image using save.image(), write to Box.

box_load()

Read from Box, load using load().

Value

⁠box_save(), box_save_image()⁠

Object with S3 class boxr_file_reference.

box_load()

From load(), a character vector of the names of objects created, invisibly.

See Also

save(), save.image(), load()

brendan-R/boxr documentation built on June 11, 2025, 3:47 a.m.