oce (version 0.1-76)

magic: Find the type of an oceanographic data file

Description

Find the type of an oceanographic data file, by examining the first line.

Usage

magic(file)

Arguments

file

a connection or a character string giving the name of the file to be checked.

Value

• A character string indicating the file type, or "unknown", if the type cannot be determined.

Details

This function tries to infer the file type from the first line.

See Also

This is used mainly by read.oce.