R/download_database.R
download.database.Rd
This function allows users to download a database selected by
listDatabases
to their local hard drive.
download.database(db, path = "database")
a character string specifying the database that shall be downloaded
(selected from listDatabases
).
a character string specifying the location (a folder) in
which the corresponding database shall be stored.
Default is path = "database"
.
In case this folder does not exist yet, it will be created.
File path to the downloaded database file.
This function downloads large databases to your hard drive.
For this purpose a folder
named database
(default) is created and the correspondning
database then stored in this folder.
if (FALSE) {
# search for available NCBI nr databases
listNCBIDatabases(db = "nr")
# select NCBI nr version 27 = "nr.27.tar.gz"
# and download it to your hard drive
# -> please note that large databases take some time for download!
download.database(db = "nr.27.tar.gz")
}