Mark a file as external input to the script — external

Mark a file as external input to the script. This function simply returns the path and is used for static analysis to determine script dependencies. Unlike file_in(), external_in() is used for files that are provided by the user and are not produced by any other script in the pipeline. This helps distinguish between pipeline-internal dependencies and external data sources.

Usage

external_in(path)

Arguments

path: Character string specifying the path to the external input file

Value

The file path (unchanged)

Examples

# In a bakepipe script, mark a file as external input and use it directly
csv_file <- system.file("extdata", "sample-project", "input.csv",
                        package = "bakepipe")
user_data <- read.csv(external_in(csv_file))
#> Warning: incomplete final line found by readTableHeader on '/home/runner/work/_temp/Library/bakepipe/extdata/sample-project/input.csv'