compress_file: Compress a file

In samuelbosch/sdmpredictors: Species Distribution Modelling Predictor Datasets

Compress a file

Description

The internal method compress_file compresses a file and returns the path to the result.

Usage

compress_file(filename, outputdir, method="gzip", overwrite=FALSE, 
  remove=TRUE)

Arguments

filename	character. Path to the file that should be compressed.
outputdir	character. Path to the output directory.
method	character. The default value is "gzip", the supported methods are "gzip" and "bzip2".
overwrite	logical. If TRUE and the output file already exists then the file is silently overwritten, otherwise an exception is thrown.
remove	logical. If TRUE then the input file is remove afterwards, otherwise not.

Value

The path of the compressed file.

See Also

decompress_file

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