Download a file

Download a file or a folder from the Opal file system.

Usage

opal.file_download(opal, source, destination = NULL, key = NULL)

Arguments

opal

Opal object.

source

Path to the file in the Opal file system.

destination

Path to the file to be written. If ommitted, file with same name in the working directory will be written.

key

File encryption key: downloaded file will be a zip file with content encrypted (use 7zip to decrypt).

See also

Other file functions: opal.file(), opal.file_cp(), opal.file_ls(), opal.file_mkdir(), opal.file_mkdir_tmp(), opal.file_mv(), opal.file_read(), opal.file_rm(), opal.file_unzip(), opal.file_upload(), opal.file_write()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
o <- opal.login('administrator','password', url='https://opal-demo.obiba.org')
# download a file
opal.file_download(o, '/home/administrator/joins/join-src-3.csv')
# download a file encrypted by a key: resulting file is a zip with an encrypted content
opal.file_download(o, '/home/administrator/export/some-data.csv', 
                      destination='some-data.zip', key='AZF57893FBDE')
# download, create destination folder and rename file
opal.file_download(o, '/home/administrator/spss/DatabaseTest.sav', 'spss/test.sav')
# download a folder
opal.file_download(o, '/home/administrator/export', 'export.zip')
opal.logout(o)
} # }