Checks for cache file, makes one if it doesn't exist, updates if it's out of
date, and loads it otherwise. Returns a list with the cached values. Option
to skip overwrite of cache and just return lineages. Custom target files for
updateHierarchies()
can be supplied using aliases_url
and lineages_url
Usage
checkCache(overwrite = TRUE, network = FALSE, ...)
Arguments
- overwrite
set to false to compare cache to file and return data without writing
- ...
Pass alternate lineages_url
and aliases_url
to updateHierarchies
- output
logical, TRUE for network (produced by fromDFtoNetwork) FALSE for table
Value
depending on the value of output