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Determine the file type of a given file path

Source: R/General_FileType.R
FileType.Rd

This function uses the system's file command to determine the type of the file specified by the Path parameter. It returns a character string describing the file type.

Usage

FileType(Path)

Arguments

Path

Character. The path to the file whose type is to be determined. The path must not be NULL, and the file must exist.

Value

A character string describing the file type.

Note

This function relies on the system's file command and therefore might produce different outputs on different platforms.

Author

Ahmed El-Gabbas

Examples

(f <- system.file("ex/elev.tif", package="terra"))
#> [1] "/home/runner/work/_temp/Library/terra/ex/elev.tif"

FileType(Path = f)
#> [1] "TIFF image data, little-endian, direntries=19, height=90, bps=16, compression=LZW, PhotometricInterpretation=BlackIsZero, width=95"