\name{"equals-methods"}
\docType{methods}
\alias{"equals-methods"}
\alias{equals-methods}
\alias{equals}
\title{Checks equality of two "FCS-class" objects}
\description{
  All the contents in the metadata and data portions of two input FCS
  objects are compared for equality.  By default, the filename and
  objectname slots in the metadata are not compared.  A boolean value is
  output specifying the status of the check on equality.
} 
\section{Methods}{
  \describe{

  \item{x = "FCS", y = "FCS"}{boolean value is output; if TRUE then the
    two FCS objects are the same, if FALSE then the two FCS objects are
    different.}
  
  \item{check.filename}{boolean; if TRUE then the original filenames in
    the metadata are compared and checked; default is FALSE}

  \item{check.objectname}{boolean; if TRUE, then the current object names
    in the metadata are compared and checked; default is FALSE}
  }
}
\keyword{methods}
\keyword{data}