fame (version 2.9)

getFameAttribute: Get Fame Object Attributes

Description

getFameAttribute reads one attribute of one object in a Fame database and returns it as a string. getFameCreated and getFameUpdated return an object's created and updated attributes, respectively, as POSIXlt dates.

Usage

getFameAttribute(attribute, fname, db = NULL, path = NULL)
getFameCreated(fname, db)
getFameUpdated(fname, db)

Arguments

attribute

string naming the attribute to be returned

fname

name of an object in a FAME database

db

string giving the relative or full path to the Fame database to read or write from. If the fameLocalPath() function is defined, it will be called on this argument to obtain a path.

path

string giving the relative or full path to the Fame database to read or write from. If this argument is not NULL, the db argument is ignored and fameLocalPath() is not called.

Value

• getFameAttribute returns a named string.

  getFameCreated and getFameUpdated each return a POSIXlt object.

Examples

getFameUpdated("gdp.q", db = "somedb")