.cfg Files

Description Arguments Details Examples

Parse a .ini or a .cfg file

path

(character) A single file path to read from on initialize, or to write to on write

Methods

read(): Read a file
write(path): Write a file - path: path to write the file to
get(x, fallback): Get a section - x: section name to get - fallback: (character) fallback value if 'x' not found
sections(): Get all sections of a file

## Not run: 
# example file
gitfile <- system.file("examples", "gitconfig.ini", package = "inir")

# instantiate new object with file path
(res <- ini(gitfile))

# get file path
res$file

# read file
res$read()

# get section names
res$sections()

# get contents of a single section
res$get("core")
## or index to it via the "parsed" element
res$parsed$gitconfig.ini[['core']]

# another example getting a section
res$get('remote "origin"')
res$parsed$gitconfig.ini[['remote "origin"']]

# You can set a default value with the get() method
res$get("stuff") # returns NULL
res$get("stuff", "hello_world") # default value

# write file
res$write(path = "myfile2.ini")
unlink("myfile2.ini")

## End(Not run)