Check for a file in the input/dbfiles tables

Function to check to see if a file exists in the dbfiles table as an input

dbfile.posterior.check(
  pft,
  mimetype,
  formatname,
  con,
  hostname = PEcAn.remote::fqdn()
)

Arguments

pft

the name of the pft that this data is applicable to

mimetype

the mime-type of the file

formatname

the name of the format to distinguish between simmilair mime-types

con

database connection object

hostname

the name of the host where the file is stored, this will default to the name of the current machine

Value

data.frame with the id, filename and pathname of the posterior that is requested

Details

This will check the dbfiles, inputs, machines and formats tables to see if the file exists

Author

Rob Kooper

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  dbfile.posterior.check(pft, 'application/x-RData', 'traits', dbcon)
} # }