copy_SS_inputs {r4ss}

Copy a the Stock Synthesis input files from one directory to another

Description

Reads the starter.ss file to figure out the names of the control and data files, than copies those files along with starter.ss, forecast.ss, and wtatage.ss (if present) to a new directory, as specified.

Usage

copy_SS_inputs(
  dir.old = NULL,
  dir.new = NULL,
  create.dir = TRUE,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  recursive = FALSE,
  use_ss_new = FALSE,
  copy_exe = FALSE,
  copy_par = FALSE,
  dir.exe = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

dir.old

Location of model files to be copied, either an absolute path or relative to the working directory.

dir.new

New location to which the files should be copied, either an absolute path or relative to the working directory.

create.dir

Create dir.new directory if it doesn't exist already?

overwrite

Overwrite existing files with matching names?

recursive

logical. Should elements of the path other than the last be created?

use_ss_new

Use .ss_new files instead of original inputs?

copy_exe

Copy any executables found in dir.old to dir.new or dir.exe (if provided)?

copy_par

Copy any .par files found in dir.old to dir.new?

dir.exe

Path to executable to copy instead of any in dir.old

verbose

Return updates of function progress to the R console?

Value

Logical indicating whether all input files were copied successfully.

Author(s)

Ian Taylor

Examples

## Not run: 
copy_SS_inputs(
  dir.old = "c:/SS/old_model",
  dir.new = "c:/SS/new_model"
)

## End(Not run)