rmincUtil.isMinc2: Test File For Minc2 Volume Format
In jnikelski/rmincIO: Package for reading and writing MINC2 files

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This logical function returns TRUE if the input volume is structured as a minc2 (hdf5) volume. Else, FALSE is returned.

1	rmincUtil.isMinc2(filename)

filename

Minc filename.

This function uses the file system command to determine whether filename refers to an hdf5 file. As such, execution of the file command must return the string “Hierarchical Data Format” for minc2 files.

TRUE is returned for minc2 volumes, FALSE for everything else.

Jim Nikelski nikelski@bic.mni.mcgill.ca

rmincUtil.isMinc1 rmincUtil.isMinc rmincUtil.asMinc2 rmincUtil.isReadable

## Not run: 
# very contrived example, but gets the point across
myFile <- file.path(volDir, "average305_PET_t1_tal_lin.mnc")
if ( !rmincUtil.isMinc2(myFile) && rmincUtil.isMinc1(myFile) ) {
    myFile <- rmincUtil.asMinc2(myFile)
}

## End(Not run)