% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand % Please edit documentation in R/io.R \name{make_readable_file} \alias{make_readable_file} \title{Handle a range of possible input sources} \usage{ make_readable_file(file, mmap = TRUE, compression = NULL, filesystem = NULL) } \arguments{ \item{file}{A character file name, \code{raw} vector, or an Arrow input stream} \item{mmap}{Logical: whether to memory-map the file (default \code{TRUE})} \item{compression}{If the file is compressed, created a \link{CompressedInputStream} with this compression codec, either a \link{Codec} or the string name of one. If \code{NULL} (default) and \code{file} is a string file name, the function will try to infer compression from the file extension.} \item{filesystem}{If not \code{NULL}, \code{file} will be opened via the \code{filesystem$OpenInputFile()} filesystem method, rather than the \code{io} module's \code{MemoryMappedFile} or \code{ReadableFile} constructors.} } \value{ An \code{InputStream} or a subclass of one. } \description{ Handle a range of possible input sources } \keyword{internal}