readDescription: Load description file

In bozenne/butils.base: Tools to source R code or install R packages

Description

Extract the description file of a package

Usage

readDescription(package, path, field = NULL, rm.blanck = TRUE,
  rm.comma = TRUE)

Arguments

package	the name of the package
path	the path to the directory containing the package
field	should a specific field of the description file be extracted
rm.blanck	should the initial blanck be removed?
rm.comma	should any comma be removed?

Examples

## Not run: 
readDescription <- butils:::readDescription
readDescription("butils", path = pathGitHub())
readDescription("butils", path = pathGitHub(), field = "Collate")
readDescription("butils", path = pathGitHub(), field = "Collate", rm.blanck = FALSE)

readDescription("butils", path = pathGitHub(), field = "Version")
readDescription("butils", path = pathGitHub(), field = "Imports")

readDescription("riskRegression", path = pathGitHub(), field = "Collate")
readDescription("lava.penalty", path = pathGitHub(), field = "Suggests")

## End(Not run)

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