Users of auk are encouraged to set the path to the directory containing the
eBird Basic Dataset (EBD) text files in the EBD_PATH environment variable.
All functions referencing the EBD or sampling event data files will check in
this directory to find the files, thus avoiding the need to specify the full
path every time. This will increase the portability of your code. Use this
function to set EBD_PATH in your .Renviron file; it is
also possible to manually edit the file.
Usage
auk_set_ebd_path(path, overwrite = FALSE)
Arguments
path
character; directory where the EBD text files are stored, e.g.
"/home/matt/ebd".
overwrite
logical; should the existing EDB_PATH be overwritten if it
has already been set in .Renviron.
Value
Edits .Renviron, then returns the AWK path invisibly.