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byPath.GenericDataFileSet

Defines a GenericDataFileSet by searching for files in a directory

Description

Defines a GenericDataFileSet by searching for files in a directory.

Usage

## Static method (use this):
## GenericDataFileSet$byPath(path=NULL, pattern=NULL, private=FALSE, recursive=FALSE,
##   depth=0L, fileClass=getFileClass(static), ..., .validate=FALSE, verbose=FALSE)

## Don't use the below:
## S3 method for class 'GenericDataFileSet'
byPath(static, path=NULL, pattern=NULL, private=FALSE, recursive=FALSE, depth=0L,
  fileClass=getFileClass(static), ..., .validate=FALSE, verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

`path`	The directory where to search for files.
`pattern`	The filename pattern for match files. If `NULL`, filename extensions corresponding to known subclasses of the abstract `GenericDataFile` class are search for.
`private`	If `FALSE`, files starting with a period are excluded, otherwise not.
`recursive`	If `TRUE`, subdirectories are search recursively, otherwise not.
`...`	Optional arguments passed to the constructor of the static (calling) class.

Value

Returns an GenericDataFileSet object.

Reserved filenames

Note that files with names starting with a period . are not searched for. Such files are considered "private" and have to be included explicitly, if wanted.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson