[R] Autorun when library("xxx") is called

R. Michael Weylandt michael.weylandt at gmail.com
Thu Oct 18 18:00:13 CEST 2012


? .onAttach
? .onLoad

at slightly different points in the load process.

Cheers,
Michael

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Marc Girondot <marc_grt at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Dear List Member
>
> Is there a mechanism to automatically run a piece of R code when a package
> is loaded using library("xxx") ? Preferentially that piece of R code should
> be located inside the package.
> I would like that this piece of code checks on a server if an update is
> available just at the time of package load (the package is not still in
> CRAN; it is a work in progress with several testers).
>
> Thanks a lot for your advice,
>
> Marc
>
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