[R-pkg-devel] Package write access for storing new files

[Gregory Jefferis]

I use rappdirs to construct a platform appropriate consistent package download directory. But for CRAN I believe you will need to obtain some kind of user confirmation at least once to allow this behaviour. Best, Greg. 

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> On 6 Dec 2019, at 08:43, Rainer M Krug <Rainer using krugs.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am writing a package which downloads files which become part of the package (only useful for functions in the package and independent of the working directory) into
> 
>    system.file("installedSchemes", package = "dmdScheme")
> 
> (See https://github.com/Exp-Micro-Ecol-Hub/dmdScheme/blob/b97e7b5ef116476e065aeec1da1050eecbd6adf7/R/scheme_install.R#L71-L75 for the function).
> 
> I know that is regulated for R packages, but I can’t find it.
> 
> Is this allowed for R packages? Will this be allowed for CRAN?
> 
> I would prefer not to allow custom paths here, as it would complicate things.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rainer
> 
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