[R] Is there a place to put executable R scripts in new packages?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 13-02-12 11:09 PM, Asis Hallab wrote:
> Dear R users,
>
> writing an R package I wonder, if there is a place to put executable R
> scripts into. So that when the package is installed one can use the
> script from the command line.
>
> Say we have e new package called FunkyR and wanted to deliver with it
> an executable called FunkyCold.R, so that from the command line, one
> could do the following:
>
> Rscript FunkyCold.R argument_1 argument_2
>
> Any hints or suggestions?

It's probably possible to achieve what you're asking for, but it would 
be messy and ugly.  A better approach is to write a function 
corresponding to each script, then call it as

Rscript -e "mypkg::FunkyCold(arg1, arg2)"

Duncan Murdoch