System$parseDebian

From R.utils v2.10.1 by Henrik Bengtsson

Parses a string, file or connection for Debian formatted parameters

Parses a text, file or a connection for Debian formatted parameters. A file in Debian format contains rows with parameters of the form KEY=VALUE. It is allowed to have duplicated keys.

Keywords: methods, internal

Usage

## Static method (use this):
## System$parseDebian(text=NULL, file=NULL, keys=NULL, ...)
## Don't use the below:
# S3 method for System
parseDebian(this, text=NULL, file=NULL, keys=NULL, ...)

Arguments

text: The text to be parsed. Default value is NULL.
file: Name file, a File object or connection to be parsed. Default value is NULL.
keys: The keys (names of the parameters) to be retrieved. If NULL all fields are returned. Default value is NULL.

Value

Returns a named list of parameter values.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
 file <- file.path(Package("R.utils")$path, "DESCRIPTION")
 l <- System$parseDebian(file=file)
 print(l)
# }

Documentation reproduced from package R.utils, version 2.10.1, License: LGPL (>= 2.1)

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