[R] Tool for update

abunn abunn at whrc.org
Tue Mar 29 20:10:33 CEST 2005


> I think what Prof. Ripley meant is: you have to run R on a
> Tuesday in order to
> update your packages. You could lift this requirement --- and
> still update on
> Tuesdays --- by using a cron job instead. (That's assuming you're using a
> Unix variant, I suppose there is some equivalent way to achieve the same
> thing on Windows.)

I'm very sorry for causing such a stir - asking "What's wrong with Tuesday?"
was a poor attempt at humor. I was subconsciously trying to make it into the
fortunes package but my wit pales in comparison to the greats.

Mea culpa,

Andy




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