write_SYMBOLS: Write a SYMBOLS file

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Write a SYMBOLS file

Description

Writes a DCF formatted file, SYMBOLS, containing the symbols exported by each package in a directory containg R package source directories.

Usage

write_SYMBOLS(dir, verbose = FALSE, source.dirs=FALSE)

Arguments

dir	The root of a CRAN-style package repository containing source packages. When source.dirs is TRUE, dir should be a directory containing R package source directories
verbose	Logical. When TRUE, progress is printed to the standard output.
source.dirs	Logical. When TRUE, interpret dir as a directory containing source package directories. When FALSE, the default, dir is assumed to be the root of a CRAN-style package repository and the function will operate on the source package tarballs in dir/src/contrib.

Value

Returns NULL. Called for the side-effect of creating a SYMBOLS file in dir.

Author(s)

S. Falcon

See Also

write_PACKAGES write_VIEWS

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