getReplisting           package:reposTools           R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Given a repository URL, will retrieve that repository's replisting
     information.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getReplisting(repURL, repFile = "replisting")

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  repURL: URL of the repository to access

 repFile: Name of the replisting file

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The 'repFile' argument should almost always be left to its
     default.

     This function will contact the specified repository, and attempt
     to retrive its replisting file.  This downloaded data is then
     formed into an object of class replisting and returned to the
     user.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     The appropriate replisting object, or NULL upon failure.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jeff Gentry

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'replisting-class'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       z <- getReplisting("http://www.bioconductor.org/repository/sample/package")
       z

