loadRepDD {reposTools}R Documentation

A function to retreive a repository data frame

Description

This function will retrieve teh repository dataframe from a specified repository, and return it ot the user.

Usage

loadRepDD(repURL, repDD = "repdatadesc.rda")

Arguments

repURL The URL of the repository
repDD The filename of the remote file.

Details

Argument 'repDD' should remain the default in almost all cases.

This function will connect to a specified repository and attempt to download any repdatadesc.rda file that is present. There is not necessarily such a file in every repository, as some repositories are data-less (only containing links).

Value

A dataframe representing the 'repdatadesc' information for the specified repository, or NULL on failure.

Author(s)

Jeff Gentry

See Also

repdatadesc-class,getReposEntry

Examples

   rDf <- loadRepDD("http://www.bioconductor.org/repository/sample/package")

[Package reposTools version 1.4.3 Index]