Previous API: write files

Use cff_write_bib() or cff_write_citation().

Usage

write_bib(x, file = tempfile(), append = FALSE, verbose = TRUE, ascii = FALSE)

write_citation(
  x,
  file = "./inst/CITATION",
  append = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

x

A bibentry or a cff object.

file

Name of the file to be created. If NULL, the lines are displayed instead.

append

A logical value. If TRUE, append entries to an existing file.

verbose

A logical value. If TRUE, display informative messages.

ascii

A logical value. If TRUE, write entries using ASCII characters only.

Value

Writes a file.

See also

• cff_write_bib() for writing *.bib files.

• cff_write_citation() for writing R CITATION files.

Deprecated functions: cff_extract_to_bibtex(), cff_from_bibtex(), cff_parse_citation(), cff_parse_person()

Examples

bib <- bibentry("Misc",
  title = "My title",
  author = "Fran Pérez"
)

my_temp_bib <- tempfile(fileext = ".bib")

cff_write_bib(bib, file = my_temp_bib)
#> ℹ Writing 4 entries.
#> ✔ Results written to /tmp/Rtmpd3nIjH/file60668f334d2.bib.

cat(readLines(my_temp_bib), sep = "\n")
#> @Misc{,
#>   title = {My title},
#>   author = {Fran Pérez},
#> }

cff_write_bib(bib, file = my_temp_bib, ascii = TRUE, append = TRUE)
#> ℹ Saving a backup of /tmp/Rtmpd3nIjH/file60668f334d2.bib as /tmp/Rtmpd3nIjH/file60668f334d2.bib.bk1.
#> ℹ Writing 4 entries.
#> ✔ Results written to /tmp/Rtmpd3nIjH/file60668f334d2.bib.

cat(readLines(my_temp_bib), sep = "\n")
#> @Misc{,
#>   title = {My title},
#>   author = {Fran Pérez},
#> }
#> @Misc{,
#>   title = {My title},
#>   author = {Fran P{\'e}rez},
#> }