sfsmisc (version 1.0-24)

sourceAttach: Source and Attach an R source file

Description

Source (via sys.source()) and attach (attach) an Rsource file.

Usage

sourceAttach(file, pos=2,
             name = paste(abbreviate(gsub(fsep,"", dirname(file)),
                                     12, method="both.sides"),
                          basename(file), sep=fsep),
             keep.source = getOption("keep.source.pkgs"),
             warn.conflicts = TRUE)

Arguments

file

file name

pos

passed to attach()

name

character, with a smart default, passed to attach().

keep.source

logical, see sys.source().

warn.conflicts

logical, see attach.

Value

• the return value of attach().

See Also

attach, sys.source, source

Examples

sourceAttach(system.file("test-tools-1.R", package="Matrix", mustWork=TRUE))
 search() # shows the new "data base" at position 2
 ## look what it contains:
 ls.str(pos = 2)