getReposEntry           package:reposTools           R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Will retrieve repository information from a specified repository,
     and pass back a ReposEntry object containing this information.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getReposEntry(repURL, repFile = "replisting", rddFile =
     "repdatadesc.rda", rtFile = "repThemes.rda", method="auto") 

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  repURL: URL of the repository

 repFile: Name of the remote replisting file

 rddFile: Name of the remote dataframe RDA file.

  rtFile: Name of the remote theme RDA file.

  method: Method used for file downloads.  See 'download.file'

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     More often then not, it will be more convenient for a user
     interacting with an R session to use the function 'repositories'.

     The symbolic names used to reference the URLs in the
     'repositories2' option can also be used for the 'repURL' argument.       

     The latter three options should be left to the defaults in almost
     all cases.

     The remote replisting and (if available) repdatadesc.rda and
     repThemes.rda files are downloaded from the specified repository
     and combined to form a ReposEntry object.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     The constructed ReposEntry object, or NULL on failure.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jeff Gentry

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'repositories', 'ReposEntry-class'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       z <- getReposEntry("http://www.bioconductor.org/repository/sample/package")
       z

       a <- getReposEntry("BIOCcdf")
       repURL(a)
       a