Thanks for the tip with rappdirs.
I am just not sure, how I should handle the questions, as it should also run in
a shiny application?
> On 6 Dec 2019, at 10:12, Gregory Jefferis <jeffe...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> I use rappdirs to construct a platform appropriate consistent package
> download directory. But for CRAN I believe you will need to obtain some kind
> of user confirmation at least once to allow this behaviour. Best, Greg.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 6 Dec 2019, at 08:43, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am writing a package which downloads files which become part of the
>> package (only useful for functions in the package and independent of the
>> working directory) into
>>
>> system.file("installedSchemes", package = "dmdScheme")
>>
>> (See
>> https://github.com/Exp-Micro-Ecol-Hub/dmdScheme/blob/b97e7b5ef116476e065aeec1da1050eecbd6adf7/R/scheme_install.R#L71-L75
>> for the function).
>>
>> I know that is regulated for R packages, but I can’t find it.
>>
>> Is this allowed for R packages? Will this be allowed for CRAN?
>>
>> I would prefer not to allow custom paths here, as it would complicate things.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rainer
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology,
>> UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>>
>> Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066
>>
>> Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
>> University of Zürich
>> Office Y34-J-74
>> Winterthurerstrasse 190
>> 8075 Zürich
>> Switzerland
>>
>> Office: +41 (0)44 635 47 64
>> Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57
>> email: rainer.k...@uzh.ch
>> rai...@krugs.de
>> Skype: RMkrug
>>
>> PGP: 0x0F52F982
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
--
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology,
UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066
Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
University of Zürich
Office Y34-J-74
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8075 Zürich
Switzerland
Office: +41 (0)44 635 47 64
Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57
email: rainer.k...@uzh.ch
rai...@krugs.de
Skype: RMkrug
PGP: 0x0F52F982
[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
______________________________________________
R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
