check.for.updates.R | R Documentation |
Fetches the latest (not development!) R version and compares it with your currently installed R version (the version of the R session from which you are running this function).
check.for.updates.R(
notify_user = TRUE,
GUI = TRUE,
page_with_download_url = "https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/base/",
pat = "R-[0-9.]+.+-win\\.exe"
)
notify_user |
if to print to you (the user) what is the latest version and what version you are currently using. |
GUI |
a logical indicating whether a graphics menu should be used if available. If TRUE, and on Windows, it will use winDialog, otherwise it will use cat. |
page_with_download_url |
the URL of the page from which R can be downloaded. |
pat |
pattern to search for when looking for a newer R version |
TRUE/FALSE - if there is a newer version of R to install or not.
## Not run:
check.for.updates.R()
# Possible output:
# There is a newer version of R for you to download!
# You are using R version: 2.15.0
# And the latest R version is: 2.15.3
# [1] TRUE
## End(Not run)
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