get_compressed_data: Download a Compressed File and Decompress its Contents
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View source: R/get_compressed_data.R

get_compressed_data

R Documentation

Download a Compressed File and Decompress its Contents

Description

Possible file types include .zip, .gz, and .tar

Usage

get_compressed_data(url, target_dir, force = FALSE)

Arguments

`url`	A character vector representing the full url to the compressed file
`target_dir`	The directory where the compressed file should be downloaded
`force`	An optional argument which forcefully overwrites existing data

Value

Download and extract the compressed data file

Examples

get_compressed_data(url = "http://www.test.com/file.zip", target_dir = "./")
## Not run: 
get_compressed_data(url = "http://www.test.com/file.zip", target_dir = "./")

## End(Not run)

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