Infer file type from file path or directory

This utility function takes a path (to a file or folder) and returns the detected geospatial file type, such as "shp", "gpkg", "tif", etc. It checks extensions for files and scans directory contents for recognizable formats (e.g., .shp, .gdb).

Utilisation

get_file_type(path)

Arguments

path

Character. A file path or directory path to inspect.

Valeur de retour

A character string indicating the file type (e.g., "shp", "gpkg", "tif").

Exemples

get_file_type("data/boundaries.shp")     # returns "shp"
#> [1] "shp"
get_file_type("data/vector_layers.gpkg") # returns "gpkg"
#> [1] "gpkg"
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
get_file_type("data/rasters")            # scans folder for known formats
} # }