Package 'PEcAn.settings'

Title: PEcAn Settings package
Description: Contains functions to read PEcAn settings files.
Authors: David LeBauer [aut, cre], Rob Kooper [aut], University of Illinois, NCSA [cph]
Maintainer: David LeBauer <[email protected]>
License: BSD_3_clause + file LICENSE
Version: 1.7.2
Built: 2024-06-27 20:30:49 UTC
Source: https://github.com/PecanProject/pecan

Help Index


Extract SafeList component by name

Description

Extract SafeList component by name

Usage

## S3 method for class 'SafeList'
x$name

Arguments

x

the SafeList object

name

the name of the component

Details

Overrides ⁠$.list⁠, and works just like it except forces exact match (i.e., makes x$name behave exactly like x[[name, exact=T]])

Value

The specified component

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly


Add Users secrets

Description

Add secret information from ~/.pecan.xml

Usage

addSecrets(settings, force = FALSE)

Arguments

settings

settings file

force

Logical: add secrets even if they have been added previously?

Details

Copies certains sections from ~/.pecan.xml to the settings. This allows a user to have their own unique parameters also when sharing the pecan.xml file we don't expose these secrets. Currently this will copy the database and browndog sections

Value

will return the updated settings values

Author(s)

Rob Kooper


Check BETY Version

Description

check to make sure BETY is up to date

Usage

check.bety.version(dbcon)

Arguments

dbcon

database connection object


Check Database

Description

Check Database

Usage

check.database(database)

Arguments

database

settings list to check. You'll probably use settings$database


Check Database Settings

Description

Check Database Settings

Usage

check.database.settings(settings)

Arguments

settings

settings file


Check ensemble Settings

Description

Check ensemble Settings

Usage

check.ensemble.settings(settings)

Arguments

settings

settings file


Check Inputs

Description

check to see if inputs are specified - this should be part of the model code

Usage

check.inputs(settings)

Arguments

settings

settings file


Check Model Settings

Description

Check Model Settings

Usage

check.model.settings(settings, dbcon = NULL)

Arguments

settings

settings file

dbcon

database connection.


Check Run Settings

Description

Check Run Settings

Usage

check.run.settings(settings, dbcon = NULL)

Arguments

settings

settings file

dbcon

database connection.


Check Settings

Description

Sanity checks. Checks the settings file to make sure expected fields exist. It will try to use default values for any missing values, or stop the exection if no defaults are possible.

Usage

check.settings(settings, force = FALSE)

Arguments

settings

settings file

force

Logical: Rerun check even if these settings have been checked previously?

Details

Expected fields in settings file are:

  • pfts with at least one pft defined

Value

will return the updated settings values with defaults set.

Author(s)

Rob Kooper, David LeBauer


Check Workflow Settings

Description

Check Workflow Settings

Usage

check.workflow.settings(settings, dbcon = NULL)

Arguments

settings

settings file


Cleans PEcAn settings file

Description

This will try and clean the settings file so it is ready for a new run. This will remove all run specific information and set the outdir to be 'pecan' for the next run.

Usage

clean.settings(inputfile = "pecan.xml", outputfile = "pecan.xml", write = TRUE)

Arguments

inputfile

the PEcAn settings file to be used.

outputfile

the name of file to which the settings will be written inside the outputdir.

write

Indicates whether to write the modified settings to a file.

Value

list of all settings as saved to the XML file(s)

Author(s)

Rob Kooper

Examples

## Not run: 
clean.settings('output/PEcAn_1/pecan.xml', 'pecan.xml')

## End(Not run)

Transform Settings into multi-site MultiSettings

Description

Create a MultiSettings object containing (identical) run blocks for multiple different sites

Usage

createMultiSiteSettings(templateSettings, siteIds)

Arguments

templateSettings

A Settings object that will be the template for the resulting MultiSettings.

siteIds

The site IDs to be used in the resulting MultiSettings

Details

Starts with a template settings object, and duplicates the run$site block once for each specified site ID. The resulting MultiSettings is thus identical to the input, except ready to run for each site in the vector of site IDs.

Value

A MultiSettings object with the same settings as templateSettings but replicated run$site blocks, one for each specified site ID.

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly

Examples

dontrun <- function() { # Added by Alexey Shiklomanov
                        # so this doesn't run and break the build

# This isn't necessarily a fully working settings object.
# Enough to get the idea though.
# Note it has a $run block with settings that will be shared across all sites

template <- Settings(list(
  info = structure(list(
      notes = NULL, userid = "1000000005", username = "Ryan Kelly",
      date = "2016/07/13 13:23:46 -0400"),
    .Names = c("notes", "userid", "username", "date")),
  database = structure(list(
      bety = structure(
        list(user = "bety", password = "bety", host = "psql-pecan.bu.edu",
          dbname = "bety", driver = "PostgreSQL", write = "TRUE"),
        .Names = c("user", "password", "host", "dbname", "driver", "write")),
      fia = structure(
        list(user = "bety", password = "bety", host = "psql-pecan.bu.edu",
          dbname = "fia5", driver = "PostgreSQL", write = "true"),
        .Names = c("user", "password", "host", "dbname", "driver", "write"))),
    .Names = c("bety", "fia")),
  pfts = structure(list(
      pft = structure(
        list(comment = NULL, name = "temperate.Evergreen_Hardwood",
          constants = structure(list(num = "1"), .Names = "num")),
        .Names = c("comment", "name", "constants")),
      pft = structure(
        list(name = "temperate.Hydric",
          constants = structure(list(num = "2"), .Names = "num")),
        .Names = c("name", "constants"))),
    .Names = c("pft", "pft")),
  meta.analysis = structure(list(
      iter = "3000", random.effects = list(on = FALSE, use_ghs = TRUE),
      update = "AUTO", threshold = "1.2"),
    .Names = c("iter", "random.effects", "update", "threshold")),
  ensemble = structure(list(size = "1", variable = "NPP"),
    .Names = c("size", "variable")),
  model = structure(list(id = "2000000005",
      edin = "/home/rykelly/pecan/RK_files/ED2IN/ED2IN.rgit.mandifore_04",
      config.header = structure(list(
          radiation = structure(list(lai_min = "0.01"), .Names = "lai_min"),
          ed_misc = structure(list(output_month = "12"),
            .Names = "output_month")),
        .Names = c("radiation", "ed_misc")),
      phenol.scheme = "0", prerun = "module load hdf5/1.8.11",
      binary = "/usr2/postdoc/rykelly/ED2/ED/build/ed_2.1-opt"),
    .Names = c("id", "edin", "config.header", "phenol.scheme", "prerun",
      "binary")),
  host = structure(list(name = "geo.bu.edu", user = "rykelly",
      folder = "/projectnb/dietzelab/pecan.data/output/rykelly",
      qsub = "qsub -V -N @NAME@ -o @STDOUT@ -e @STDERR@ -S /bin/bash",
      qsub.jobid = "Your job ([0-9]+) .*",
      qstat = "qstat -j @JOBID@ || echo DONE",
      prerun = "module load udunits R/R-3.0.0_gnu-4.4.6",
      dbfiles = "/projectnb/dietzelab/pecan.data/input",
      modellauncher = structure(list(
          binary = "/usr2/postdoc/rykelly/pecan/utils/modellauncher/modellauncher",
          qsub.extra = "-pe omp 20"),
        .Names = c("binary", "qsub.extra"))),
    .Names = c("name", "user", "folder", "qsub", "qsub.jobid", "qstat",
      "prerun", "dbfiles", "modellauncher")),
  run = structure(list(
      inputs = structure(list(
          met = structure(list(source = "NARR", output = "ED2"),
            .Names = c("source", "output")),
          lu = structure(list(id = "294",
              path = "/projectnb/dietzelab/EDI/ed_inputs/glu/"),
            .Names = c("id", "path")),
          soil = structure(list(id = "297",
              path = "/projectnb/dietzelab/EDI/faoOLD/FAO_"),
            .Names = c("id", "path")),
          thsum = structure(list(id = "295",
              path = "/projectnb/dietzelab/EDI/ed_inputs/"),
            .Names = c("id", "path")),
          veg = structure(list(id = "296",
              path = "/projectnb/dietzelab/EDI/oge2OLD/OGE2_"),
            .Names = c("id", "path")),
          pss = structure(list(source = "FIA"), .Names = "source")),
        .Names = c("met", "lu", "soil", "thsum", "veg", "pss")),
      start.date = "2004/01/01",
      end.date = "2004/01/31"),
    .Names = c("inputs", "start.date", "end.date"))
))


sitegroupId <- 1000000002
startDate <- "2000/01/01"
endDate <- "2015/12/31"
nSite <- 10
outDir <- "~/multisite_setup_test"


template <- setDates(template, startDate = startDate, endDate = endDate)
template <- setOutDir(template, outDir)

multiRunSettings <- createSitegroupMultiSettings(
    template,
    sitegroupId = sitegroupId,
    nSite = nSite)

dir.create(outDir, showWarnings = FALSE)
write.settings(multiRunSettings, outputfile = "pecan.xml")

} # dontrun

Create Sitegroup MultiSettings

Description

Helps to create a MultiSettings object to run some or all sites in a Sitegroup.

Usage

createSitegroupMultiSettings(
  templateSettings,
  sitegroupId,
  nSite,
  con = NULL,
  params = templateSettings$database$bety
)

Arguments

templateSettings

A Settings object that will be the template for the resulting MultiSettings.

sitegroupId

The Bety ID of the sitegroup to draw from

nSite

The number of sites to randomly select (without replacement) from the siteGroup. Omit to use all sites in the group.

con, params

Bety DB connection or parameters. Passed directly to db.query

Details

Starts with a template settings object, and fills in the run block with site info sampled from the sitegroup. The template could be fully set up except for the site info, or more or less empty if you plan to fill in the other settings later. A MultiSettings is created from templateSettings, nSite sites (or all of them, if nSite is unset) are selected from Bety, and their info is dropped into the MultiSettings.

Value

A MultiSettings object with the same settings as templateSettings but site information for the selected sites

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly

Examples

dontrun <- function() { # Added by Alexey Shiklomanov
                        # so this doesn't run and break the build

# This isn't necessarily a fully working settings object.
# Enough to get the idea though.
# Note it has a $run block with settings that will be shared across all sites

template <- Settings(list(
  info = structure(list(
      notes = NULL, userid = "1000000005", username = "Ryan Kelly",
      date = "2016/07/13 13:23:46 -0400"),
    .Names = c("notes", "userid", "username", "date")),
  database = structure(list(
      bety = structure(
        list(user = "bety", password = "bety", host = "psql-pecan.bu.edu",
          dbname = "bety", driver = "PostgreSQL", write = "TRUE"),
        .Names = c("user", "password", "host", "dbname", "driver", "write")),
      fia = structure(
        list(user = "bety", password = "bety", host = "psql-pecan.bu.edu",
          dbname = "fia5", driver = "PostgreSQL", write = "true"),
        .Names = c("user", "password", "host", "dbname", "driver", "write"))),
    .Names = c("bety", "fia")),
  pfts = structure(list(
      pft = structure(
        list(comment = NULL, name = "temperate.Evergreen_Hardwood",
          constants = structure(list(num = "1"), .Names = "num")),
        .Names = c("comment", "name", "constants")),
      pft = structure(
        list(name = "temperate.Hydric",
          constants = structure(list(num = "2"), .Names = "num")),
        .Names = c("name", "constants"))),
    .Names = c("pft", "pft")),
  meta.analysis = structure(list(
      iter = "3000", random.effects = list(on = FALSE, use_ghs = TRUE),
      update = "AUTO", threshold = "1.2"),
    .Names = c("iter", "random.effects", "update", "threshold")),
  ensemble = structure(list(size = "1", variable = "NPP"),
    .Names = c("size", "variable")),
  model = structure(list(id = "2000000005",
      edin = "/home/rykelly/pecan/RK_files/ED2IN/ED2IN.rgit.mandifore_04",
      config.header = structure(list(
          radiation = structure(list(lai_min = "0.01"), .Names = "lai_min"),
          ed_misc = structure(list(output_month = "12"),
            .Names = "output_month")),
        .Names = c("radiation", "ed_misc")),
      phenol.scheme = "0", prerun = "module load hdf5/1.8.11",
      binary = "/usr2/postdoc/rykelly/ED2/ED/build/ed_2.1-opt"),
    .Names = c("id", "edin", "config.header", "phenol.scheme", "prerun",
      "binary")),
  host = structure(list(name = "geo.bu.edu", user = "rykelly",
      folder = "/projectnb/dietzelab/pecan.data/output/rykelly",
      qsub = "qsub -V -N @NAME@ -o @STDOUT@ -e @STDERR@ -S /bin/bash",
      qsub.jobid = "Your job ([0-9]+) .*",
      qstat = "qstat -j @JOBID@ || echo DONE",
      prerun = "module load udunits R/R-3.0.0_gnu-4.4.6",
      dbfiles = "/projectnb/dietzelab/pecan.data/input",
      modellauncher = structure(list(
          binary = "/usr2/postdoc/rykelly/pecan/utils/modellauncher/modellauncher",
          qsub.extra = "-pe omp 20"),
        .Names = c("binary", "qsub.extra"))),
    .Names = c("name", "user", "folder", "qsub", "qsub.jobid", "qstat",
      "prerun", "dbfiles", "modellauncher")),
  run = structure(list(
      inputs = structure(list(
          met = structure(list(source = "NARR", output = "ED2"),
            .Names = c("source", "output")),
          lu = structure(list(id = "294",
              path = "/projectnb/dietzelab/EDI/ed_inputs/glu/"),
            .Names = c("id", "path")),
          soil = structure(list(id = "297",
              path = "/projectnb/dietzelab/EDI/faoOLD/FAO_"),
            .Names = c("id", "path")),
          thsum = structure(list(id = "295",
              path = "/projectnb/dietzelab/EDI/ed_inputs/"),
            .Names = c("id", "path")),
          veg = structure(list(id = "296",
              path = "/projectnb/dietzelab/EDI/oge2OLD/OGE2_"),
            .Names = c("id", "path")),
          pss = structure(list(source = "FIA"), .Names = "source")),
        .Names = c("met", "lu", "soil", "thsum", "veg", "pss")),
      start.date = "2004/01/01",
      end.date = "2004/01/31"),
    .Names = c("inputs", "start.date", "end.date"))
))


sitegroupId <- 1000000002
startDate <- "2000/01/01"
endDate <- "2015/12/31"
nSite <- 10
outDir <- "~/multisite_setup_test"


template <- setDates(template, startDate = startDate, endDate = endDate)
template <- setOutDir(template, outDir)

multiRunSettings <- createSitegroupMultiSettings(
    template,
    sitegroupId = sitegroupId,
    nSite = nSite)

dir.create(outDir, showWarnings = FALSE)
write.settings(multiRunSettings, outputfile = "pecan.xml")

} # dontrun

generic function for expanding multi-settings.

Description

generic function for expanding multi-settings.

Usage

expandMultiSettings(x)

Arguments

x

object to be expanded.


Fix Deprecated Settings

Description

Checks for and attempts to fix deprecated settings structure

Usage

fix.deprecated.settings(settings, force = FALSE)

Arguments

settings

settings list

force

Logical: re-run fixing of deprecated settings even if it has been done previously?

Value

updated settings list

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly


Get Args

Description

Used in web/workflow.R to parse command line arguments. See also https://github.com/PecanProject/pecan/pull/2626.

Usage

get_args()

Value

list generated by parse_args; see there for details.

Examples

## Not run: ./web/workflow.R -h

Build run MultiSettings for a single site id

Description

Processes one site from the siteIds argument of createMultiSiteSettings. You probably don't need to call it directly.

Usage

getRunSettings(templateSettings, siteId)

Arguments

templateSettings

A Settings object that will be the template for the resulting MultiSettings.

siteId

site to process. See createMultiSiteSettings


A generic function to convert list to XML

Description

A generic function to convert list to XML

Usage

listToXml(x, ...)

Arguments

x

list to be converted

...

arguments passed to methods


List to XML

Description

Convert List to XML

Usage

## Default S3 method:
listToXml(x, ...)

Arguments

x

object to be converted. Despite the function name, need not actually be a list

...

further arguments. Used to set the element name of the created XML object, which is taken from an argument named tag if present, or otherwise from the first element of ...

Details

Can convert list or other object to an xml object using xmlNode

Value

xmlNode

Author(s)

David LeBauer, Carl Davidson, Rob Kooper


Title loadPath.sitePFT

Description

The csv or the text file needs to have a header and be separated using comma. Under the first column in the text file, one needs to specify the site id and in the second column there has to be the name of the PFT.

Usage

loadPath.sitePFT(settings, Path)

Arguments

settings

pecan setting list.

Path

Character of file name with extension. The path will be generated using the outdir tag in pecan settings.

Value

a dataframe of two columns of site and pft


Create a PEcAn MultiSettings object

Description

Create a PEcAn MultiSettings object

Usage

MultiSettings(...)

as.MultiSettings(x)

is.MultiSettings(x)

Arguments

...

Settings objects to concatenate

x

object to test or coerce

Value

list with class "Multisettings"

Functions

  • as.MultiSettings(): coerce an existing object to MultiSettings

  • is.MultiSettings(): test if an object is a MultiSettings

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly


Apply functions to PEcAn MultiSettings

Description

Works like lapply(), but for PEcAn Settings and MultiSettings objects

Usage

papply(settings, fn, ..., stop.on.error = FALSE)

Arguments

settings

A MultiSettings, Settings, or list to operate on

fn

The function to apply to settings

...

additional arguments to fn

stop.on.error

Whether to halt execution if a single element in settings results in error. See Details.

Details

papply is mainly used to call a function on each Settings object in a MultiSettings object, and returning the results in a list. It has some additional features, however:

  • If the result of fn is a Settings object, then papply will coerce the returned list into a new MultiSettings.

  • If settings is a Settings object, then papply knows to call fn on it directly.

  • If settings is a generic list, then papply coerces it to a Settings object and then calls fn on it directly. This is meant for backwards compatibility with old-fashioned PEcAn settings lists, but could have unintended consequences

  • By default, papply will proceed even if fn throws an error for one or more of the elements in settings. Note that if this option is used, the returned results list will have entries for only those elements that did not result in an error.

Value

A single fn return value, or a list of such values (coerced to MultiSettings if appropriate; see Details)

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly

Examples

f = function(settings, ...) {
  # Here's how I envisioned a typical use case within a standard PEcAn function
  if(is.MultiSettings(settings)) {
    return(papply(settings, f, ...))
  }
  
  # Don't worry about the beolow, it's just some guts to make the function do something we can see
  l <- list(...)
  for(i in seq_along(l)) {
    ind <- length(settings) + 1
    settings[[ind]] <- l[[i]]
    if(!is.null(names(l))) {
      names(settings)[ind] <- names(l)[i]
    }
  }
  return(settings)
}

# Example
settings1 <- Settings(list(a="aa", b=1:3, c="NA"))
settings2 <- Settings(list(a="A", b=4:5, c=paste))
multiSettings <- MultiSettings(settings1, settings2)

# The fucntion should add element $d = D to either a Settings, or each entry in a MultiSettings
f(settings1, d="D")
print(f(multiSettings, d="D"), TRUE)

Prepare Settings

Description

Update, set defaults for, and otherwise prepare a PEcAn Settings object

Usage

prepare.settings(settings, force = FALSE)

Arguments

settings

settings list

force

Whether to force the function to run even if it determines it has been run on these settings already.

Details

Performs various checks, fixes deprecated contructs, and assigns missing values where possible.

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly

Betsy Cowdery


generic function for printing contents of objects.

Description

generic function for printing contents of objects.

Usage

printAll(x)

Arguments

x

object to be printed.


Loads PEcAn settings file

Description

This will try and find the PEcAn settings file in the following order:

  1. ⁠--settings <file>⁠ passed as command line argument using --settings

  2. inputfile passed as argument to function

  3. PECAN_SETTINGS environment variable PECAN_SETTINGS pointing to a specific file

  4. ./pecan.xml pecan.xml in the current folder

Usage

read.settings(inputfile = "pecan.xml")

Arguments

inputfile

the PEcAn settings file to be used.

Details

Once the function finds a valid file, it will not look further. Thus, if inputfile is supplied, PECAN_SETTINGS will be ignored. Even if a file argument is passed, it will be ignored if a file is passed through a higher priority method.

Value

list of all settings as loaded from the XML file(s)

Author(s)

Shawn Serbin

Rob Kooper

David LeBauer

Ryan Kelly

Betsy Cowdery

Examples

## Not run: 
## bash shell:
## example workflow.R and pecan.xml files in pecan/tests
R --vanilla -- --settings path/to/mypecan.xml < workflow.R

## R:

settings <- read.settings()
settings <- read.settings(file="willowcreek.xml")
test.settings.file <- system.file("tests/test.xml", package = "PEcAn.all")
settings <- read.settings(test.settings.file)

## End(Not run)

Create a SafeList object

Description

SafeList is a wrapper class for the normal R list. It should behave identically, except for the $ operator being overridden to require exact matches.

Usage

SafeList(...)

as.SafeList(x)

is.SafeList(x)

Arguments

...

A list to upgrade to SafeList, or elements to be added to a new SafeList

x

list object to be tested or coerced

Details

The constructor works identical to list() unless:

  1. The only argument is a list, in which case the result is the same list, with its class attribute updated to include 'SafeList', or

  2. The only argument is a SafeList, in which case that argument is returned unchanged

Value

The resulting SafeList

a SafeList version of x

logical

Functions

  • as.SafeList(): Coerce an object to SafeList.

  • is.SafeList(): Test if object is already a SafeList.

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly


Set the Dates of PEcAn Settings

Description

Sets the run, ensemble, and sensitivity analysis dates of PEcAn Settings

Usage

setDates(settings, startDate, endDate)

Arguments

settings

A Settings object

startDate, endDate

The desired start and end dates

Details

Sets the start/end dates in settings$run to the specified dates, and sets the corresponding years for settings$ensemble and settings$sensitivity.analysis. Either date can be omitted to leave it unchanged.

Value

The original Settings object with updated dates

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly


Set the Output Directories of PEcAn Settings

Description

Sets the main output directory and nulls out the others

Usage

setOutDir(settings, outDir)

Arguments

settings

A Settings object

outDir

The desired output directory

Details

Sets the main output directory (settings$outdir) to outDir, and sets numerous others (settings$modeloutdir, settings$host$rundir, settings$host$outdir, settings$host$modeloutdir) to NULL so they will revert to defaults when check.settings is run.

Value

The original Settings object with updated output directories

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly


function that can retrieve or update the names of multi-settings.

Description

function that can retrieve or update the names of multi-settings.

Usage

settingNames(multiSettings, settingNames)

Arguments

multiSettings

object for which to retrieve or set the names.

settingNames

names to be set for the multi-settings object.


Create a PEcAn Settings object

Description

Create a PEcAn Settings object

Usage

Settings(...)

as.Settings(x)

is.Settings(x)

Arguments

...

objects to concatenate

x

object to test or coerce

Value

a list containing all objects in ..., with class c("Settings", "SafeList", "list").

Functions

  • as.Settings(): coerce an object to Settings

  • is.Settings(): test if object is already a Settings

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly


site.pft.link.settings

Description

This function reads in a pecan setting and check for the pft.site xml tag under run>inputs. If a path or a ID for the input is defined then, it will be used for linking sites with the pfts.

Usage

site.pft.link.settings(settings)

Arguments

settings

settings list

Value

pecan xml setting file


site.pft.linkage

Description

This function creates the required tags inside pecan.xml to link sites with pfts given a look up table. If the required tags are already defined in the pecan xml then they will be updated. If there are multiple pfts that they need to be used for a site, each pft needs to have a separate row in the lookup table, resulting multiple rows for a site.

Usage

site.pft.linkage(settings, site.pft.links)

Arguments

settings

pecan settings list.

site.pft.links

dataframe. Your look up table should have two columns of site and pft with site ids under site column and pft names under pft column.

Value

pecan setting list

Examples

## Not run: 
#setting up the Look up tables
site.pft.links <-tribble(
 ~site, ~pft,
 "1000025731", "temperate.broadleaf.deciduous1",
 "1000025731", "temperate.needleleaf.evergreen",
 "1000000048", "temperate.broadleaf.deciduous2",
 "772", "temperate.broadleaf.deciduous3",
 "763", "temperate.broadleaf.deciduous4"
)

# sending a multi- setting xml file to the function
site.pft.linkage(settings,site.pft.links)

## End(Not run)

Update Settings

Description

Updates a pecan.xml file to match new layout. This will take care of the conversion to the latest pecan.xml file.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'settings'
update(settings, force = FALSE)

Arguments

settings

settings file

force

Logical: update even if settings have previously been updated?.

Value

will return the updated settings values

Author(s)

Rob Kooper


Write settings

Description

Takes in a settings object, performs a series of checks, fixes & updates settings and produces pecan.CHECKED.xml

Usage

write.settings(settings, outputfile, outputdir = settings$outdir)

Arguments

settings

settings list

outputfile

the file name to write to

outputdir

the directory to write to

Author(s)

Ryan Kelly

Betsy Cowdery