downloadDB {FunctSNP}R Documentation

Download pre-assembled species-specific databases

Description

Download or update one or more pre-assembled databases for selected species.

Usage

downloadDB(speciesCode, db.list=FALSE)

Arguments

speciesCode A vector containing 3 letter species codes [Default = the species code set by setSpecies()]
db.list TRUE or FALSE [Default = FALSE]

Details

Use the argument db.list=TRUE to display the species codes for databases that can be downloaded

Value

The function is called for its side-effect. It downloads a species specific database and saves it in the FunctSNP library.

Note

Databases on the FunctSNP ftp site are updated on the first day of each month

Author(s)

S. J. Goodswen <Stephen.Goodswen@csiro.au>

References

http://www.csiro.au/science/FunctSNP.html

See Also

setSpecies makeDB

Examples

# list databases that can be downloaded
downloadDB(db.list=TRUE)
## Not run: 
# Download a database for Bos taurus
downloadDB("bta")
# Download the databases for Gallus gallus and Sus scrofu
species <- c("gga","ssc")
downloadDB(species)
# Download default species database set by setSpecies()
downloadDB()
## End(Not run)

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