Download SWAT executable — download_swat_exe • hydroSWAT

Downloads and extracts the official SWAT executable (Windows only) to a specified directory, avoiding manual download and extraction steps.

Usage

download_swat_exe(
  dest_dir = ".",
  type = c("release", "debug"),
  url = "https://swat.tamu.edu/media/3bcg3zvo/rev695_executables.zip",
  overwrite = FALSE
)

Arguments

dest_dir: character. Directory where the executable will be extracted. Defaults to the current working directory.
type: character. Type of executable: either "release" or "debug". Default is "release".
url: character. URL to the ZIP archive with SWAT executables. Defaults to the official ZIP used by this package.
overwrite: logical. Whether to overwrite an existing executable at dest_dir. Default is FALSE.

Value

character. Full path to the extracted SWAT executable.

Note

The default url targets the official SWAT executables. If it changes upstream, supply a new URL via url.

See also

Other Project setup and execution: get_swat_example(), run_swat(), run_swat_exe(), setup_swat()

Examples

# \donttest{
if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") {
  tmpdir <- tempdir()
  exe_path <- download_swat_exe(dest_dir = tmpdir, type = "release")
  exe_path
}
# }