seqOpen {SeqArray}

R Documentation

Open a SeqArray GDS File

Description

Opens a SeqArray GDS file.

Usage

seqOpen(gds.fn, readonly=TRUE, allow.duplicate=FALSE)

Arguments

gds.fn	the file name
readonly	whether read-only or not
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

Details

It is strongly suggested to call seqOpen instead of openfn.gds, since seqOpen will perform internal checking for data integrality.

Value

Return an object of class SeqVarGDSClass inherited from gds.class.

Author(s)

Xiuwen Zheng

See Also

seqClose, seqGetData, seqApply

Examples

# the GDS file
(gds.fn <- seqExampleFileName("gds"))

# open the GDS file
gdsfile <- seqOpen(gds.fn)

# display the contents of the GDS file in a hierarchical structure
gdsfile

# close the GDS file
seqClose(gdsfile)

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