Get a field from a DESCRIPTION file
desc_get(keys, file = ".")
Character vector of fields to get.
DESCRIPTION file to use. By default the DESCRIPTION file of the current package (i.e. the package the working directory is part of) is used.
Character vector, values of the specified keys.
Non-existing keys return NA
.
Other simple queries: desc_del
,
desc_fields
, desc_get_field
,
desc_has_fields
, desc_set