getReposEntry           package:reposTools           R Documentation

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

     Will retrieve repository information from a specified repository,
     and pass back a ReposEntry object containing this information.

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

     getReposEntry(repURL, repFile = "replisting", rddFile = "repdatadesc.rda")

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

  repURL: URL of the repository

 repFile: Name of the remote replisting file

 rddFile: Name of the remote dataframe RDA file.

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

     The latter two options should be left to the defaults in almost
     all cases.

     The remote replisting and (if available) repdatadesc.rda files are
     downloaded from the specified repository and combined to form a
     ReposEntry object.

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

     The constructed ReposEntry object, or NULL on failure.

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

     Jeff Gentry

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

     'ReposEntry-class'

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

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

