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

[Rainer M Krug]

Thanks for the tip with rappdirs.

I am just not sure, how I should handle the questions, as it should also run in a shiny application?



> On 6 Dec 2019, at 10:12, Gregory Jefferis <jefferis using mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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