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for programatic update of an R package--avoid having to use complete filename with version appended
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| pkg_name = paste("~/path/to/package", system('cd /path/to/package; ls adStats*', intern=T), sep="/") | |
| install.packages(pkg_name, repos=NULL, type="source") | |
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updated to be added to .RProfile without resulting in infinite loop
install_command = paste("R --vanilla CMD install ~/'path/to/package'", system("cd ~/'path/to/package'; ls adStats*", intern=T), sep="/")
system(install_command, intern=T)