loadRepDD {reposTools} | R Documentation |
This function will retrieve teh repository dataframe from a specified repository, and return it ot the user.
loadRepDD(repURL, repDD = "repdatadesc.rda")
repURL |
The URL of the repository |
repDD |
The filename of the remote file. |
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).
A dataframe representing the 'repdatadesc' information for the specified repository, or NULL on failure.
Jeff Gentry
repdatadesc-class
,getReposEntry
rDf <- loadRepDD("http://www.bioconductor.org/repository/sample/package")