addfile.gdsn {gdsfmt} | R Documentation

## Add a GDS node with a file

### Description

Add a file to a GDS file as a node.

### Usage

    addfile.gdsn(node, name, filename,
        compress=c("ZIP", "ZIP_RA", "LZMA", "LZMA_RA", "LZ4", "LZ4_RA"),
        replace=FALSE, visible=TRUE)

### Arguments

`node` | an object of class `gdsn.class` or `gds.class`
`name` | the variable name; if it is not specified, a temporary name is assigned
`filename` | the file name of input stream.
`compress` | the compression method can be "" (no compression), "ZIP", "ZIP.fast", "ZIP.default", "ZIP.max" or "ZIP.none" (original zlib); "ZIP_RA", "ZIP_RA.fast", "ZIP_RA.default", "ZIP_RA.max" or "ZIP_RA.none" (zlib with efficient random access); "LZ4", "LZ4.none", "LZ4.fast", "LZ4.hc" or "LZ4.max"; "LZ4_RA", "LZ4_RA.none", "LZ4_RA.fast", "LZ4_RA.hc" or "LZ4_RA.max" (with efficient random access). See details
`replace` | if `TRUE`, replace the existing variable silently if possible
`visible` | `FALSE` – invisible/hidden, except `print(, all=TRUE)`

### Details

`compress`: Z compression algorithm (http://www.zlib.net/) can be used to deflate the data stored in the GDS file. "ZIP" option is equivalent to "ZIP.default". "ZIP.fast", "ZIP.default" and "ZIP.max" correspond to different compression levels.

To support efficient random access of Z stream, "ZIP_RA", "ZIP_RA.fast", "ZIP_RA.default", "ZIP_RA.max" or "ZIP_RA.none" should be specified. "ZIP_RA" option is equivalent to "ZIP_RA.default:256K". The block size can be specified by following colon, and "16K", "32K", "64K", "128K", "256K", "512K", "1M", "2M", "4M" and "8M" are allowed, like "ZIP_RA:64K". The compression algorithm tries to keep each independent compressed data block to be about of the specified block size, like 64K.

LZ4 fast lossless compression algorithm is allowed when `compress="LZ4"` (http://code.google.com/p/lz4/). Three compression levels can be specified, "LZ4.fast" (LZ4 fast mode), "LZ4.hc" (LZ4 high compression mode), "LZ4.max" (maximize the compression ratio). The block size can be specified by following colon, and "64K", "256K", "1M" and "4M" are allowed according to LZ4 frame format. "LZ4" is equivalent to "LZ4.hc:256K".

To support efficient random access of LZ4 stream, "LZ4_RA", "LZ4_RA.fast", "LZ4_RA.hc", "ZIP_RA.max" or "LZ4_RA.none" should be specified. "LZ4_RA" option is equivalent to "LZ4_RA.hc:256K". The block size can be specified by following colon, and "16K", "32K", "64K", "128K", "256K", "512K", "1M", "2M", "4M" and "8M" are allowed, like "LZ4_RA:64K". The compression algorithm tries to keep each independent compressed data block to be about of the specified block size, like 64K.

### Value

An object of class `gdsn.class`.

### Author(s)

Xiuwen Zheng

### References

http://github.com/zhengxwen/gdsfmt

### See Also

`getfile.gdsn`, `add.gdsn`

### Examples

    # save a .RData object
    obj <- list(X=1:10, Y=seq(1, 10, 0.1))
    save(obj, file="tmp.RData")

    # cteate a GDS file
    f <- createfn.gds("test.gds")

    add.gdsn(f, "double", val=seq(1, 1000, 0.4))
    addfile.gdsn(f, "tmp.RData", "tmp.RData")

    # open the GDS file
    closefn.gds(f)

    # open the existing file
    (f <- openfn.gds("test.gds"))

    getfile.gdsn(index.gdsn(f, "tmp.RData"), "tmp1.RData")
    (obj <- get(load("tmp1.RData")))

    # open the GDS file
    closefn.gds(f)

    # delete the temporary files
    unlink(c("test.gds", "tmp.RData", "tmp1.RData"), force=TRUE)

[Package gdsfmt version 1.26.1 Index]