[R] write.zip?

[spencerg]

      Can one write a zip file from R? 


      I want to create a file with a name like "dat.zip", being a zip 
file containing "dat.csv".  I can create "dat.csv", then call 
"system('zip -r9 dat.zip dat.csv')".  Is there a better way? 


      I can use "gzfile" to write a gz file, but I don't know how to 
give that a structure that would support unzipping to a *.csv file. 


      Thanks,
      Spencer   

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