retrieveFile {GenomicDistributions} | R Documentation

## Read local or remote file

### Description

Read local or remote file

### Usage

    retrieveFile(source, destDir = NULL)

### Arguments

`source` | a string that is either a path to a local or remote GTF
`destDir` | a string that indicates the path to the directory where the downloaded GTF file should be stored. If not provided, a temporary directory will be used.

### Value

data.frame retrieved file path

### Examples

    CElegansGtfUrl = "http://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/release-103/gtf/caenorhabditis_elegans/Caenorhabditis_elegans.WBcel235.103.gtf.gz"
    CElegansGtf = retrieveFile(CElegansGtfUrl)

[Package GenomicDistributions version 1.2.0 Index]