This function is the workhorse of the R--SAGA interface: It calls the SAGA command line tool to run SAGA modules and pass arguments.
rsaga.geoprocessor(lib, module = NULL, param = list(),
show.output.on.console = TRUE, invisible = TRUE, intern = TRUE,
prefix = NULL, flags = ifelse(show.output.on.console, "q", "s"),
cores, env = rsaga.env(), display.command = FALSE,
reduce.intern = TRUE, check.module.exists = TRUE,
warn = options("warn")$warn, argsep = " ", check.parameters = TRUE,
...)The type of object returned depends on the intern argument passed to system().
If intern=FALSE, a numerical error/success code is returned, where a value of 0 corresponds to success and a non-zero value indicates an error. Note however that the function always returns a success value of 0 if wait=FALSE, i.e. if it does not wait for SAGA to finish.
If intern=TRUE (default), the console output of SAGA is returned as a character vector. This character vector lists the input file names and modules arguments, and gives a more or less detailed report of the function's progress. Redundant information can be cancelled out by setting reduce.intern=TRUE.
Name of the SAGA library to be called (see Details).
Number (>=0) or name of the module to called within the library lib (see Details).
A list of named arguments to be passed to the SAGA module (see Examples).
a logical (default: TRUE), indicates whether to capture the output of the command and show it on the R console (see system()).
a logical, indicates whether the command window should be visible on the screen.
a logical, indicates whether to make the output of the command an R object
optional character string: prefix such as "-h" used in the saga_cmd call; mostly for internal purposes; call saga_cmd -h from the command line for details; see also flags
optional character string indicating any command line flags; supported only by SAGA GIS 2.1.0 (and higher), quietly ignored otherwise: "q": no progress report (the default for show.output.on.console=TRUE); "r": no messages report; "s": silent mode, i.e. no progress and no messages report (the default for show.output.on.console=FALSE); other flag options probably not relevant within RSAGA
optional numeric argument, or NA: number of cores used by SAGA GIS; supported only by SAGA GIS 2.1.0 (and higher), ignored otherwise (with a warning); overwrites the cores setting specified in the env argument (see rsaga.env()). Multicore-enabled SAGA GIS modules such as the one used by rsaga.pisr() seem to run in multicore mode by default when this argument is not specified, therefore cores should only be specified to use a smaller number of cores than available on a machine.
A SAGA geoprocessing environment, i.e. a list with information on the SAGA and SAGA modules paths and the name of the working directory in which to look for input and output files. (Defaults: see rsaga.env().)
Display the DOS command line for executing the SAGA module (including all the arguments to be passed). Default: FALSE.
If intern=TRUE, reduce the text output of SAGA returned to R by eliminating redundant lines showing the progress of module execution etc. (default: TRUE).
logical (default: TRUE): call rsaga.module.exists() to determine if the specified module can be called in the current SAGA installation
logical (default: TRUE): for internal purposes - can be used to suppress warning messages generated by failed SAGA_CMD calls; currently used by rsaga.get.lib.modules() and related functions; see options() argument warn for details
character (default: " "; currently for internal use): defines the character symbol used as a separator between each argument name and argument value passed to saga_cmd. SAGA GIS 2.1.0 (RC1) seems to move toward "=" as a separator, but " " still works and some modules (e.g. the used by rsaga.pisr) don't seem to work with argsep="=". Future releases of RSAGA may change the default argsep value and/or delete or ignore this argument and/or move it to rsaga.env().
logical(default: TRUE): Check if correct parameters are used.
Additional arguments to be passed to base::system().
Alexander Brenning (R interface); Olaf Conrad and the SAGA development team (SAGA development)
This workhorse function establishes the interface between the SAGA command line program and R by submitting a system call. This is a low-level function that may be used for directly accessing SAGA; specific functions such as rsaga.hillshade are intended to be more user-friendly interfaces to the most frequently used SAGA modules. These higher-level interfaces support default values for the arguments and perform some error checking; they should therefore be preferred if available.
A warning is issued if the RSAGA version is not one of 2.0.4-2.0.8 or 2.1.0-2.1.4
Brenning, A., 2008. Statistical geocomputing combining R and SAGA: The example of landslide susceptibility analysis with generalized additive models. In J. Boehner, T. Blaschke and L. Montanarella (eds.), SAGA - Seconds Out (= Hamburger Beitraege zur Physischen Geographie und Landschaftsoekologie, vol. 19), p. 23-32.
rsaga.env(), rsaga.get.libraries(), rsaga.get.modules(), rsaga.search.modules(), rsaga.get.usage(); rsaga.esri.wrapper() for a wrapper for ESRI ASCII/binary grids; rsaga.hillshade() and other higher-level functions.
if (FALSE) {
rsaga.hillshade("dem","hillshade",exaggeration=2)
# using the RSAGA geoprocessor:
rsaga.geoprocessor("ta_lighting",0,list(ELEVATION="dem.sgrd",SHADE="hillshade",EXAGGERATION=2))
# equivalent DOS command line call:
# saga_cmd.exe ta_lighting 0 -ELEVATION dem.sgrd -SHADE hillshade -EXAGGERATION 2
}
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