R.utils: isEof.connection – R documentation

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isEof.connection

Checks if the current file position for a connection is at the 'End of File'

Description

Checks if the current file position for a connection is at the 'End of File'.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'connection'
isEof(con, ...)

Arguments

`con`	A `connection`.
`...`	Not used.

Details

Internally seek() is used, which according to to the R help is discouraged on Windows. However, after many years of large-scale testing on various Windows versions and file systems we have yet to experience issues with using seek() on Windows.

Value

Returns a logical.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson