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\name{downloadAndPrepareMetadata}

\alias{downloadAndPrepareMetadata}

\title{Download GEO metadata}

\usage{

downloadAndPrepareMetadata(geo_nbr, destdir = getwd(), clean = FALSE,

  verbose = TRUE)

}

\arguments{

\item{geo_nbr}{The GEO ascession number.}

\item{destdir}{The destination dir of the downloaded files.}

\item{clean}{Should the strictly unnessesary files be deleted?}

\item{verbose}{Signal the process.}

}

\value{

A \code{list} of \code{data.frame}s giving the clinical and metadata

  information for the GEO dataset.

}

\description{

Function for downloading the metadata of a GEO dataset and prepare it for

analysis.

The function uses \code{getGEOSuppFiles} which downloads the data. The

function then unzips the data files in the GEO series.

}

\note{

The function will overwrite existing files in the \code{destdir}.

}

\examples{

\dontrun{

print(DLBCL_overview)

geo_nbr <- DLBCL_overview[6,1]

downloadAndPrepareMetadata(geo_nbr = geo_nbr, destdir = getwd())

}

}

\author{

Anders Ellern Bilgrau,

  Steffen Falgreen Larsen

}

\keyword{internal}