append_section_to_ini {HodgesTools}

Append section to ini file

Description

Takes a new section in ini format and adds to existing ini.

Usage

append_section_to_ini(ini_file, new_section)

Arguments

ini_file

file location of config.ini file

new_section

named list of the section list

Details

The new_section must be a named list of the section list. See examples.

Value

No return value. Edits and overwrites input config.ini file.

Author(s)

Tyler Hansen

Examples

#list of key-value pairs
CHRACC <- list(dir='/chrAcc_peaks/',
               peaks='/chrAcc_peaks/GM12878_genrich.narrowPeak')

#list of section, resulting in list of list.
new_section <- list(CHRACC=CHRACC)

#write ini
ini_file <- system.file("extdata", "config.ini")
append_section_to_ini(ini_file, new_section)