Save downloaded IPEDS files in temporary directory to disk

Save IPEDS data files (zip) stored in temporary directory to disk for future use. By default, the function saves a copy of the files in the local directory while leaving a copy in the temporary directory. In addition the function will create subdirectories as necessary to save the files.

Usage

ipeds_temp_to_disk(
  to_dir,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  remove_from_tempdir = FALSE,
  create_dir = TRUE
)

Arguments

to_dir

Directory path for saving zip files (will be created if it does not exist unless create_dir is set to FALSE).

overwrite

Overwrite files in local directory with those in temporary directory.

remove_from_tempdir

Remove files from temporary directory after saving in local directory (they otherwise will be removed at the end of the R session by default). Default is FALSE.

create_dir

Recursively create directory path specified by user if it does not exist. Default is TRUE.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# save any files in tempdir() that match names from ipeds_file_table() to
# local directory, preferring local copies, or, if missing, creating
# directory if necessary; files will be left in tempdir() until session is closed
ipeds_temp_to_disk(local_dir = ".")

# will error if directory does not exist
ipeds_temp_to_disk(local_dir = file.path(".", "data"), create_dir = FALSE)

# overwrite local versions of files if they exist
ipeds_temp_to_disk(local_dir = ".", overwrite = TRUE)

# remove saved files from tempdir() after copy
ipeds_temp_to_disk(local_dir = ".", remove_from_tempdir = TRUE)
} # }