orgSTRUC: Organise structure of the local MODIS data archive

In getMODIS: Utility package for creating or updating a local user-defined subsets of the global MODIS grid data online archive. Pre-processing functionalities for MODIS grid data using MODIS Reporjection Tool (MRT)

Description

This function changes the storage structure (see details). Depending on the amount of files stored and how files are accessed, the folder structure can be changed. !Use this function with care!

Usage

orgSTRUC(LocalArcPath, deep = FALSE, HdfName, to, move = TRUE,quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

LocalArcPath	Character. Local path to look for MODIS files. If missing the default archive '~/MODIS_ARC/' (LINUX), 'C:/Documents and Settings/username/My Documents/MODIS_ARC/' (Windows XP) and 'C:/Users/username/Documents/MODIS_ARC' (Vista/Windows 7) is used.
deep	Logical. Default FALSE. !!! use with care !!! eventually put move=FALSE. if TRUE the functuion look in your entire home (UNIX-alikes) for MODI-GRID-HDF files! and removes them from the origin folder!!! Here a control of a more experienced peRson could spare myself from R-collgues curses!
HdfName	Character. Regular expression (passed to ?list.files) for file matching. If missing, all local MODIS grid data under LocalArcPath is considered.
to	Integer between 1 and 3
move	Logical. Default is TRUE, this means that files are moved and multiple files are deleted. If FALSE, files are just copied and remain in origin folder!
quiet	Logical. Default is FALSE

Details

	If to is 1 than: /LocalArcPath/product.collection/hdf- and xml-files
	If to is 2 than: /LocalArcPath/product.collection/year/hdf- and xml-files
	If to is 3 than: /LocalArcPath/product.collection/date/hdf- and xml-files

Value

NONE, (or just an information about moved/copied files)

Author(s)

Matteo Mattiuzzi

See Also

getXML,getHDF

Examples

## Not run: 
# MOVE all MODIS grid data to a MODIS data online pool like structure
orgSTRUC(to=3,move=TRUE)

# COPY all MOD13Q1 to folder "/LocalArcPath/MOD13Q1.collection/"
orgSTRUC(HdfName="MOD13Q1",to=1,move=FALSE)

## End(Not run)

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