Arguments
accession
Character string representing the GEO series for download and parsing. It must start
with "GSE".
filename
File name of a previously downloaded GEO series matrix file or its gzipped
representation (in which case the filename must end in ".gz"). Other file
formats, such as SOFT files, are not supported. Exactly one of accession or
filename must be specified.
verbose
Flag indicating if messages should be created informing about the progress. If the
logger is initialized prior to calling this function, the informative messages are
sent to the logger. Warnings and errors are not affected by this parameters, the
function always outputs them.
destdir
The destination directory for any downloads. Defaults to the
(architecture-dependent) temporary directory. Keep in mind that GEO series can be
demanding in terms of storage space.
parse.characteristics_ch1
Flag indicating if additional sample characteristics (if such exist) are to be
parsed from the downloaded series matrix file(s).