retrieveFile: Read local or remote file

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retrieveFileR Documentation

Read local or remote file

Description

Read local or remote file

Usage

retrieveFile(source, destDir = NULL)

Arguments

source

a string that is either a path to a local or remote GTF

destDir

a string that indicates the path to the directory where the downloaded GTF file should be stored. If not provided, a temporary directory will be used.

Value

data.frame retrieved file path

Examples

CElegansGtfCropped = system.file("extdata", 
                                 "C_elegans_cropped_example.gtf.gz", 
                                 package="GenomicDistributions")
CElegansGtf = retrieveFile(CElegansGtfCropped)

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