Insert file into tables

Function to insert a file into the dbfiles table as a posterior

Usage

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

Arguments

filename

the name of the file to be inserted

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 write into the dbfiles, posteriors, machines and formats the require data to store the file

Author

Rob Kooper

Examples

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