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+<tool id="Rdata_exctract" name="Rdata parser" version="0.1">
+    <requirements>
+        <requirement type="package" version="1.20.0">r-getopt</requirement>
+        <requirement type="package" version="7.0">readline</requirement>
+    </requirements>
+    <command detect_errors="exit_code"><![CDATA[
+        mkdir outputs &&
+	Rscript '$__tool_directory__/rdata_extractor.R' '$rdata' $selectedattributes '$summary' '$other' '$bind_dataframe'
+]]>
+    </command>
+    <inputs>
+        <param name="rdata" type="data" label="Rdata file to explore" format="rdata"/>
+        <param name="rdata_attributes" type="data" label="File with .Rdata content details" format="tabular"/>
+
+        <param name="selectedattributes" label="Select which attribute(s) you want to extract" type="select" display="checkboxes" multiple="true">
+            <options from_dataset="rdata_attributes">
+                <column name="value" index="0"/>
+            </options>
+        </param>
+        <param name="bind_dataframe" label="Bind variables in a single tabular when its possible" type="boolean" truevalue="bind" falsevalue="nobind" checked="true"/>
+    </inputs>
+    <outputs>
+        <data name="summary" from_work_dir="summary.tabular" format="tabular" label="Summary"/>
+        <data name="other">
+            <discover_datasets pattern="__designation_and_ext__" visible="true" directory="outputs"/>
+        </data>
+    </outputs>
+    <help><![CDATA[
+
+.. class:: infomark 
+
+==========================
+Rdata parser
+==========================
+**What it does**        
+
+
+The Rdata parser tool allows to extract informations from a binary R file in .RData format. 
+
+
+It produces a summary file and extract the selected dimensions. 
+	   
+More informations concerning R Data format and save / load functions can be found here:  http://www.sthda.com/english/wiki/saving-data-into-r-data-format-rds-and-rdata&gt.
+
+More informations concerning R Data format and save / load functions can be found here:  http://www.sthda.com/english/wiki/saving-data-into-r-data-format-rds-and-rdata&gt.
+
+
+|
+
+**How to use it**
+
+First use the Rdata reader tool to get the list of dimensions available in the binary file.
+
+Use the reader tool output to select the dimension(s) you want to extract.
+
+    ]]></help>
+</tool>