install: Install datasets via the Data Retriever (deprecated).

In ropensci/rdataretriever: R Interface to the Data Retriever

Install datasets via the Data Retriever (deprecated).

Description

Data is stored in either CSV files or one of the following database management systems: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, or Microsoft Access.

Usage

install(
  dataset,
  connection,
  db_file = NULL,
  conn_file = NULL,
  data_dir = ".",
  log_dir = NULL
)

Arguments

dataset	the name of the dataset that you wish to download
connection	what type of database connection should be used. The options include: mysql, postgres, sqlite, msaccess, or csv'
db_file	the name of the datbase file the dataset should be loaded into
conn_file	the path to the .conn file that contains the connection configuration options for mysql and postgres databases. This defaults to mysql.conn or postgres.conn respectively. The connection file is a file that is formated in the following way: host my_server@my_host.com port my_port_number user my_user_name password my_password
data_dir	the location where the dataset should be installed. Only relevant for csv connection types. Defaults to current working directory
log_dir	the location where the retriever log should be stored if the progress is not printed to the console

Value

No return value, main install function

Examples

## Not run: 
rdataretriever::install("iris", "csv")

## End(Not run)

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