desc: Quickly view a package DESCRIPTION

Description Usage Arguments Author(s)

Description

This is a simple convenience function to easily view a package DESCRIPTION file for a given R package. Since package maintainers often omit a generic help file including _PACKAGE, typing help("somePackage") is not always successful.

Usage

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desc(package)

Arguments

package

A character string corresponding to a valid R package name.

Author(s)

Ryan Kyle, ryan.kyle@mail.mcgill.ca


rpkyle/cscmisc documentation built on May 13, 2019, 12:06 p.m.