loadRepDD             package:reposTools             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

_U_s_a_g_e:

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

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  repURL: The URL of the repository 

   repDD: The filename of the remote file.

  method: Method used for file downloads.  See 'download.file',
          defaults to 'auto'

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     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).

_V_a_l_u_e:

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

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jeff Gentry

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'repdatadesc-class','getReposEntry'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

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