GUANO_reader: Read GUANO Metadata From Files

In vulpes-vulpes/batr: Tools for Using Bat Acoustic Monitoring Data in R

Read GUANO Metadata From Files

Description

GUANO_reader reads available GUANO metadata embedded in a folder of bat acoustic. wav files processed by SonoBat. It creates a text file output of this metadata in the parent folder of the files that can be loaded for further analyses by GUANO_loader.

Usage

GUANO_reader(folderpath, project_name)

Arguments

folderpath	Character, a path to the folder containing the files you wish to read the metadata from.
project_name	Character, a brief and relevant reference phrase that will be used to name the text file.

Value

A textfile in the parent folder of the files folder.

Note

This function will take a long time for large datasets. Folders containing tens of thousands of files may take several hours to read! However, once complete this action does not need to repeated unless any changes are made to the original files. For this reason it is recommended to complete all manual vetting before proceeding.

See Also

Other Import Functions: GUANO_loader(), import_GUANO(), log_file_parser()

Examples

## Not run: 
GUANO.reader("C:/Folder/Folder/File_Folder", "Project_NA")

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vulpes-vulpes/batr documentation built on Jan. 23, 2025, 3:23 p.m.