gdc_client {GenomicDataCommons} | R Documentation

## return gdc-client executable path

### Description

This function is a convenience function to find and return the path to the GDC Data Transfer Tool executable assumed to be named 'gdc-client'. The assumption is that the appropriate version of the GDC Data Transfer Tool is a separate download available from https://gdc.cancer.gov/access-data/gdc-data-transfer-tool and as a backup from https://github.com/NCI-GDC/gdc-client.

### Usage

    gdc_client()

### Details

The path is checked in the following order:

1. an R option("gdc_client")

2. an environment variable GDC_CLIENT

3. from the search PATH

4. in the current working directory

### Value

character(1) the path to the gdc-client executable.

### Examples

    # this cannot run without first
    # downloading the GDC Data Transfer Tool
    gdc_client = try(gdc_client(),silent=TRUE)

[Package GenomicDataCommons version 1.8.0 Index]