getFileType.GenericDataFile {R.filesets}R Documentation

Gets the file type of a file

Description

Gets the file type of a file.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'GenericDataFile'
getFileType(this, ...)

Arguments

...

Not used.

Details

By default, this methods returns the filename extension, but subclasses may override this.

Value

Returns a character in lower case letters (which is of length zero if "empty" file).

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

See Also

For more information see GenericDataFile.


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