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Search for newer data

Source: R/search_for_newer_data.R
search_for_newer_data.Rd

Search in some folders if a TrialMaster database more recent than the current extraction is present. By default, it will search the "data" folder and the OS usual "Downloads" folder. If a newer database is found, user will be asked if they want to move it to the "data" folder.

Usage

search_for_newer_data(
  archive,
  ...,
  source = path_home("Downloads"),
  target = "data",
  ask = TRUE,
  advice = TRUE
)

Arguments

archive

TM archive path, giving the project name and date

...

unused

source

the path vector to be searched, default to both "data" and the usual "Downloads" folder

target

the path where files should be copied

ask

whether to ask the user to move the file to "data"

advice

whether to advice how to move it instead, if ask==FALSE

Value

the path to the newer file, invisibly.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  archive = "data/MYPROJECT_ExportTemplate_xxx_SAS_XPORT_2024_06_01_12_00.zip"
  #tm = read_trialmaster(archive)
  search_for_newer_data(archive)
} # }