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Is there a place to put executable R scripts in new packages?

3 messages · Asis Hallab, Duncan Murdoch, Greg Snow

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Dear R users,

writing an R package I wonder, if there is a place to put executable R
scripts into. So that when the package is installed one can use the
script from the command line.

Say we have e new package called FunkyR and wanted to deliver with it
an executable called FunkyCold.R, so that from the command line, one
could do the following:

Rscript FunkyCold.R argument_1 argument_2

Any hints or suggestions?

Kind regards!
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On 13-02-12 11:09 PM, Asis Hallab wrote:
It's probably possible to achieve what you're asking for, but it would 
be messy and ugly.  A better approach is to write a function 
corresponding to each script, then call it as

Rscript -e "mypkg::FunkyCold(arg1, arg2)"

Duncan Murdoch