[R] question about system.file()

[Ana Marija]

Got it, thanks!

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 2:54 PM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/04/2020 3:46 p.m., Ana Marija wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to try this example in this link:
> > https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/SNPRelate/versions/1.6.4/topics/snpgdsBED2GDS
> >
> > for example this line:
> >
> > bed.fn <- system.file("extdata", "plinkhapmap.bed.gz", package="SNPRelate")
> >
> > I have in current directory from where I would run this function a
> > file named output4.bed
>
> Just use "output4.bed" as the filename.  The system.file() function is
> for working out the filename of files installed in packages.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
> >
> > in order to run the above, can I just run this:
> > bed.fn <- system.file("output4.bed", package="SNPRelate")
> >
> > what is "extdata" ? Do I need it if my output4.bed is in the directory
> > from where I am running this?
> >
> > Also do I need to have .gz format of output4.bed?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ana
> >
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