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Export an PTModule object as a ProTracker module file, conform ProTracker 2.3A specifications.

Usage

# S4 method for PTModule,ANY
write.module(mod, file)

# S4 method for PTModule,character
write.module(mod, file)

Arguments

mod

A valid PTModule object to be saved as a ProTracker *.mod file

file

either a filename to write to, or a file connection, that allows to write binary data (see base::file).

Value

Writes to a module file but returns nothing.

Details

The routine to write ProTracker modules is based on the referenced version of ProTracker 2.3A. This means that the routine may not be able to write files that ar compatible with later or earlier ProTracker versions.

Author

Pepijn de Vries

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## get the PTModule object provided with the ProTrackR package
data("mod.intro")

## save the object as a valid ProTracker module file:
write.module(mod.intro, "intro.mod")

## or create the connection yourself:
con <- file("intro2.mod", "wb")
write.module(mod.intro, con)

## don't forget to close the connection after you're done:
close(con)
}