create_empty_PACKAGES

Character vector describing the location of the repository
 (directory including source or binary packages) to generate the
 <code class="file">PACKAGES</code>, <code class="file">PACKAGES.gz</code> and <code class="file">PACKAGES.rds</code> files
 from and write them to.

a character vector giving the fields to be used in the
 <code class="file">PACKAGES</code>, <code class="file">PACKAGES.gz</code> and <code class="file">PACKAGES.rds</code> files in
 addition to the default ones, or <code>NULL</code> (default).
The default corresponds to
 the fields needed by <code><a rd-options="" href="/link/available.packages?package=cranlike&version=1.0.2" data-mini-rdoc="cranlike::available.packages">available.packages</a></code>:
 <code>"Package"</code>, <code>"Version"</code>, <code>"Priority"</code>,
 <code>"Depends"</code>, <code>"Imports"</code>, <code>"LinkingTo"</code>,
 <code>"Suggests"</code>, <code>"Enhances"</code>, <code>"OS_type"</code>,
 <code>"License"</code> and <code>"Archs"</code>, and those fields will always
 be included, plus
 the file name in field <code>"File"</code> if <code>addFile = TRUE</code>
 and the path to the subdirectory in field <code>"Path"</code> if subdirectories
 are used.

fields

Create an empty package database if it does not exist.
It also updates the PACKAGES* files from the new (empty) database.

A set of functions to manage 'CRAN'-like repositories
efficiently.

Gabor Csardi

cranlike

Tools for 'CRAN'-Like Repositories

create_empty_PACKAGES function

a character vector giving the fields to be used in the
 <code class="file">PACKAGES</code>, <code class="file">PACKAGES.gz</code> and <code class="file">PACKAGES.rds</code> files in
 addition to the default ones, or <code>NULL</code> (default).
The default corresponds to
 the fields needed by <code><a rd-options='' href='available.packages'>available.packages</a></code>:
 <code>"Package"</code>, <code>"Version"</code>, <code>"Priority"</code>,
 <code>"Depends"</code>, <code>"Imports"</code>, <code>"LinkingTo"</code>,
 <code>"Suggests"</code>, <code>"Enhances"</code>, <code>"OS_type"</code>,
 <code>"License"</code> and <code>"Archs"</code>, and those fields will always
 be included, plus
 the file name in field <code>"File"</code> if <code>addFile = TRUE</code>
 and the path to the subdirectory in field <code>"Path"</code> if subdirectories
 are used.

create_empty_PACKAGES: Create an empty package database

Description

Usage

Arguments