Function to get (or set) the full path to a protocol

A function that is used by other functions and should normally not be used directly.

For existing protocol codes, arguments theme and project_name are always ignored. The function will return the absolute path for that protocol.

For new sfp or spp protocols, also either the theme or the project_name argument and short_title are required apart from the protocol_code. The function will construct the absolute path where the source code for that new protocol will be written.

get_path_to_protocol(
  protocol_code,
  theme = NULL,
  project_name = NULL,
  short_title = NULL
)

Arguments

protocol_code

Character string giving the protocol code

theme

A character string equal to one of "generic", "water", "air", "soil", "vegetation" or "species". Defaults to NULL. Only needed if no folder with the name of the protocol code exists and the request is for a sfp protocol.

project_name

Character string giving the name of the project folder. Defaults to NULL. Only needed if no folder with the name of the protocol code exists and the request is for a spp protocol.

short_title

A character string of less than 20 characters to use in folder and filenames. Defaults to NULL. Only needed if no folder with the name of the protocol code exists.

Value

A character vector containing the full path to the protocol.

See also

Other utility: add_label(), get_protocol_type(), get_protocolnumbers(), get_short_titles(), get_version_number(), increment_version_number()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
get_path_to_protocol(protocol_code = "sfp-401-nl")
} # }