[Rd] package.skeleton does invalide regular name...

Duncan Murdoch murdoch at stats.uwo.ca
Tue Jul 15 20:04:22 CEST 2008


On 7/15/2008 1:33 PM, cgenolin at u-paris10.fr wrote:
> Hi the list,
> 
> I am using package.skeleton on a file that has a very classic name, but 
> package.skeleton detect it as a invalid name :
> 
> --- 8< -------
> package.skeleton(name="packClassicBis",code_files="./packClassic/R/progClassic.R")
> 
> Création des répertoires...
> Création de DESCRIPTION...
> Création de 'Read-and-delete-me'...
> Recopiage des fichiers de code...
> Création des fichiers d'aide ...
> Terminé.
> Les étapes suivantes sont décrites dans './packClassic4/Read-and-delete-me'.
> Warning message:
> In package.skeleton(name = "packClassic4", code_files = 
> "./packClassic/R/progClassic.R") :
>   Nom(s) de fichier(s) invalide(s) pour du code R ./packClassic4/R:
>   'progClassic.R'
> sont maintenant renommés vers 'z<nom>.R'
> --- 8< -------
> 
> It create the file "zprogClassic.R" in directorie "packClassicBis\R"
> Is there something wrong in my code or is it a bug in package.skeleton ?


I think you're right, it's a bug.  package.skeleton assumes that 
code_files lists files in the current directory, and will give that 
warning if they are given with qualified paths.

It should be easy to fix; I'll take a look.  Thanks for the report.

Duncan Murdoch



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