path to a filename; contrary to rconnection a
connection object is not supported.
mode
character string. A description of how to open the connection
if it is to be opened upon creation e.g. "rb". Default "" (empty string)
means to not open the connection on creation - user must still call
open(). Note: If an "open" string is provided, the user must still
call close() otherwise the contents of the file aren't completely
flushed until the connection is garbage collected.
verbosity
integer value 0, 1, or 2. Default: 0.
Set to 0 for no debugging messages, 1 for some high-level
messages and verbosity = 2 for all debugging messages.
Details
This vfs_file() connection works like the file() connection
in R itself.
This connection works with both ASCII and binary data, e.g. using
readLines() and readBin().