cdfFromBioC {affy} | R Documentation

## Functions to obtain CDF files

### Description

A set of functions to obtain CDF files from various locations.

### Usage

    cdfFromBioC(cdfname, lib = .libPaths()[1], verbose = TRUE)
    cdfFromLibPath(cdfname, lib = NULL, verbose=TRUE)
    cdfFromEnvironment(cdfname, where, verbose=TRUE)

### Arguments

`cdfname` | name of the CDF.
`lib` | install directory for the CDF package.
`where` | environment to search.
`verbose` | logical controlling extra output.

### Details

These functions all take a requested CDF environment name and will attempt to locate that environment in the appropriate location (a package's data directory, as a CDF package in the .libPaths(), from a loaded environment or on the Bioconductor website. If the environment can not be found, it will return a list of the methods tried that failed.

### Value

The CDF environment or a list detailing the failed locations.

### Author(s)

Jeff Gentry

[Package affy version 1.68.0 Index]