hydat_download: Download the Hydat Database from Environment Canada

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

Downloads the latest version of the Hydat Database from http://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/hydrometrics/www/. This package uses the zipped SQLite version of the database. The download is about 200 MB, and usually takes 5-10 minutes to download.

Usage

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hydat_download(destination = ".", overwrite = NA, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

destination

A filename or directory

overwrite

Should the destination file be overwritten? Use NA to skip downloading a previously downloaded file (the default).

quiet

If TRUE, download status messages will be suppressed.

Value

The filename of the downloaded file.

Examples

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## Not run: 
# this usually takes around 10 minutes to run
hydat_download()

## End(Not run)

paleolimbot/hydatr documentation built on May 3, 2019, 5:49 p.m.