R help - May 2010 - zipped files as a data type

Hi all-

I have a lot of small (xml) data files that are saved by classification 
in directories named in accordance with the classification. I would like 
to zip up these directories and include the zipped file as part of the 
data in a package (which I know how to do.)

Are there R functions for dealing with zipped files as a data type?

Thanks for any suggestions.
	Ron

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R. R. Burns
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Oceanside, CA

Ron Burns wrote:
> Hi all-
> 
> I have a lot of small (xml) data files that are saved by classification 
> in directories named in accordance with the classification. I would like 
> to zip up these directories and include the zipped file as part of the 
> data in a package (which I know how to do.)
> 
> Are there R functions for dealing with zipped files as a data type?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> 	Ron
> 

 > help.search("zip")

gives

base::connections       Functions to Manipulate Connections
base::environment variables
                         Environment Variables
base::memCompress       In-memory Compression and Decompression
utils::unzip            Extract or List Zip Archives
utils::zip.file.extract
                         Extract File from a Zip Archive
utils::win.version      Auxiliary Functions for the Windows Port


which seems to provide some leads

David Scott


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