nws (version 1.6.3)

nwsFetchFile: netWorkSpace Class Method

Description

Fetch a value of a workspace variable and write it to a file.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'netWorkSpace':
nwsFetchFile(.Object, xName, fObj)

Arguments

.Object

a netWorkSpace object

xName

name of the variable to find

fObj

File to write data to

Details

The nwsFetchFile method blocks until a value in the variable specified by 'xName' is found. Once found, it writes the value to the file object, and the value is removed from the variable.

See Also

nwsFindFile, nwsFetch

Examples

ws <- netWorkSpace('nws example')
nwsStore(ws, 'x', 'Hello, world\n')
nwsFetchFile(ws, 'x', 'hello.txt')