[R] help(package)->sink()

[Spencer Graves]

      I wanted to direct packageInfo to a file, so I could add comments, 
e.g., in MS Word.  The following command stored the desired information 
in an object: 

      mclustInfo <- help(package="mclust")

      Then "mclustInfo" displays it on my screen.  To direct it to a 
file, I tried the following: 

      sink("mclust.txt")
      mclustInfo
      sink()

      This sequence created an empty file "mclust.txt", while displaying 
mclustInfo on my screen.  After a few more failed attempts, I gave up 
trying to be clever and copied the text from the screen into Word. 

      Is this a bug, that sink does not capture the output of objects of 
class packageInfo? 

      Best Wishes,
      spencer graves