capture_environment: Capture the Analysis Environment for a Manifest

In rmoriebricklayer: Reproducible Data Capsules with Provenance and Fallback

Capture the Analysis Environment for a Manifest

Description

Records the facts a replicator needs to rebuild the session: R version, platform, operating system, a UTC timestamp, and the versions of the requested packages.

Usage

capture_environment(packages = loadedNamespaces())

Arguments

packages

Character vector of package names to record. Defaults to every currently loaded namespace.

Value

A list with r_version, platform, os, captured_utc, and packages (a named character vector of versions).

Examples

# Record specific packages' versions alongside the session facts.
env <- capture_environment(c("stats", "utils"))
env$r_version
env$os
env$packages          # named character vector of versions

# Default captures every currently loaded namespace.
names(capture_environment())[1:4]

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