build_cran_previous_csv: Build data table 'cran_previous.csv'

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

Workhorse function for crawling Previous Versions of R packages in CRAN

Usage

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  build_cran_previous_csv(pkg_names, file = "")

Arguments

pkg_names

character vector with names of packages

file

name of the destination file to write the csv table

Value

csv file with scraped data. The fields are Name, File, Date, Time and Size

Examples

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## Not run: 
  # some packages in CRAN
  pkgs = c("knitr", "plyr", "plspm")

  # build table and save results in working directory
  build_previous_csv(pkgs, file = "previous.csv")

## End(Not run)

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