[R] Password-protect R script files

[Kenn Konstabel]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Vijayan Padmanabhan
<padmanabhan.vijayan at gmail.com> wrote:
> There was a question in R forum very long time back.. on how to protect R
> Script files from inadvertent editing by users.

The good way to do it is to include the following comment at the beginning:

# This is a holy Script, please edit it not


Regards,
Kenn Konstabel

> There is a way to do this  from within R, atleast in Windows XP I have tried
> this and it certainly works , The method  is very different from the OS
> based folder protection route,  however making available such a method in
> the open forum would only kill the very spirit of R.
> But if someone is able to convince me the genuineness of his reasons to
> achieve such a purpose, I might decide to provide selective service to
> achieve the same.
>
> Regards
> Vijayan Padmanabhan
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