createfn.gds: Create a GDS file
In gdsfmt: R Interface to CoreArray Genomic Data Structure (GDS) files

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

Create a new CoreArray Genomic Data Structure (GDS) file.

1	createfn.gds(filename, allow.duplicate=FALSE)

`filename`	the file name of a new GDS file to be created
`allow.duplicate`	if `TRUE`, it is allowed to open a GDS file with read-only mode when it has been opened in the same R session

Keep in mind that the new file may not actually be written to disk until closefn.gds or sync.gds is called.

Return an object of class gds.class:

`filename`	the file name to be created
`id`	internal file id
`root`	an object of class `gdsn.class`, the root of hierachical structure
`readonly`	whether it is read-only or not

Xiuwen Zheng

http://github.com/zhengxwen/gdsfmt

openfn.gds, closefn.gds

# cteate a GDS file
f <- createfn.gds("test.gds")

# add a list to "test.gds"
node <- add.gdsn(f, val=list(x=c(1,2), y=c("T", "B", "C"), z=TRUE))

f

closefn.gds(f)


# delete the temporary file
unlink("test.gds", force=TRUE)