get_info function

Get File Info

A utility function to retrieve the file information of a filename, path, or URL.

get_info(file)

get_ext(file)

Arguments

• file: A character string containing a filename, file path, or URL.

Returns

For get_info(), a list is return with the following slots

• input file extension or information used to identify the possible file format
• format file format, see format argument of import()
• type "import" (supported by default); "suggest" (supported by suggested packages, see install_formats()); "enhance" and "known " are not directly supported; NA is unsupported
• format_name name of the format
• import_function What function is used to import this file
• export_function What function is used to export this file
• file file

For get_ext(), just input (usually file extension) is returned; retained for backward compatibility.

Examples

get_info("starwars.xlsx")
get_info("starwars.ods")
get_info("https://github.com/ropensci/readODS/raw/v2.1/starwars.ods")
get_info("~/duran_duran_rio.mp3")
get_ext("clipboard") ## "clipboard"
get_ext("https://github.com/ropensci/readODS/raw/v2.1/starwars.ods")