pkgInfo: Extract Package Information

In packageDiff: Compare R Package Differences

Description

This function extracts information from an R package.

Usage

pkgInfo(pkg, leaveRemains = FALSE)

Arguments

pkg	The compressed (tar.gz) build file of an R package.
leaveRemains	Keep decompressed package in temp directory.

Details

Generate package information from its build file.

Value

Package	Package name
Version	Version number
Imports	Imported packages
Suggests	Suggested packages
ImportedFunctions	Functions imported from other packages
ExportedFunctions	Functions exported from package
AllFunctions	All defined functions
FormalArgs	Function arguments
Data	Dimension information on data sets
documentation	Full package documentation

Examples

tarfile <- system.file("examples", "acepack_1.3-3.3.tar.gz", package = "packageDiff")
info <- pkgInfo(tarfile)

url <- 'https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/acepack/acepack_1.3-3.3.tar.gz'
info <- pkgInfo(url)

packageDiff documentation built on Jan. 16, 2020, 5 p.m.