\HeaderA{"equals-methods"}{Checks equality of two "FCS-class" objects}{"equals.Rdash.methods"}
\aliasA{equals}{"equals-methods"}{equals}
\aliasA{equals-methods}{"equals-methods"}{equals.Rdash.methods}
\keyword{methods}{"equals-methods"}
\keyword{data}{"equals-methods"}
\begin{Description}\relax
All the contents in the metadata and data portions of two input FCS
objects are compared for equality.  By default, the filename and
objectname slots in the metadata are not compared.  A boolean value is
output specifying the status of the check on equality.
\end{Description}
\begin{Section}{Methods}
\describe{

\item[x = "FCS", y = "FCS"] boolean value is output; if TRUE then the
two FCS objects are the same, if FALSE then the two FCS objects are
different.

Additional input signature options include:

\item[check.filename] boolean; if TRUE then the original filenames in
the metadata are compared and checked; default is FALSE
\item[check.objectname] boolean; if TRUE, then the current object names
in the metadata are compared and checked; default is FALSE

}
\end{Section}

