[R] .First.lib doesn't appear to be running after calling lib rary()

[Crispin Miller]

Thanks - it is indeed the first '.' that's the problem...
Crispin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liaw, Andy [mailto:andy_liaw at merck.com]
> Sent: 07 October 2003 15:21
> To: Crispin Miller
> Subject: RE: [R] .First.lib doesn't appear to be running after calling
> lib rary()
> 
> 
> I put .First.lib in the file "zzz.R", and it works for me.  
> My guess is that
> the problem is using a filename that starts with ".".  I see 
> many packages
> put the .First.lib in zzz.R, so I just follow that.
> 
> HTH,
> Andy
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Crispin Miller [mailto:CMiller at PICR.man.ac.uk] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:00 AM
> > To: R-help (E-mail)
> > Subject: [R] .First.lib doesn't appear to be running after 
> > calling library()
> > 
> > 
> > Hi - so I've dusted off the C bits of my brain and gotten a 
> > library written for my package...
> >  
> > It passes R CMD check ok, and I've put a file called 
> > '.First.lib.R' in the pacakge's 'R'  subdirectory. Its 
> > permissions are 644.
> > 
> > It says:
> > 
> > .First.lib <- function(lib,pkg) {
> >    library.dynam("foo",pkg,lib);
> >    require(affy,quietly=TRUE);
> > }
> > 
> > 
> > I build and INSTALL the package, start R and then call 
> > library(foo). I deduce that my '.First.lib' isn't running 
> > because the affy library doesn't get loaded - and neither 
> > does my dynamic library (which complies ok and results in 
> > 'foo.so' being put in the 'src/' directory of the package)...
> > 
> > Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
> > 
> > Crispin
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