Class for an external unzip process

Description

unzip_process() returns an R6 class that represents an unzip process. It is implemented as a subclass of processx::process.

Usage

unzip_process()

Value

An unzip_process R6 class object, a subclass of processx::process.

Using the unzip_process class

up <- unzip_process()$new(zipfile, exdir = ".")

See processx::process for the class methods.

Arguments:

• zipfile: Path to the zip file to uncompress.

• exdir: Directory to uncompress the archive to. If it does not exist, it will be created.

Examples

ex <- system.file("example.zip", package = "zip")
tmp <- tempfile()
up <- unzip_process()$new(ex, exdir = tmp)
up$wait()
up$get_exit_status()
dir(tmp)