Thank you for the hint regarding the destdir parameter of update.packages. Heinz Tüchler
At 12:15 15.02.2005 +0100, Uwe Ligges wrote: >Heinz Tuechler wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Using Update Packages from CRAN in R Version 2.0.1 Patched (2005-01-15) >> under Windows 98, I found it tricky to save the downloaded files. >> Even if I answer "N" to the question, if the downloaded files should be >> deleted, they are deleted after R is quitted. I understood that I have to >> copy them to a different location before quitting R. Is this an intended >> behavoiur of R or did I miss some instruction? > >Yes, intended, yes, you missed "destdir": > >It is intended to save in tempdir() by default. >You can specify argument "destdir", if you want something different. > >Uwe Ligges > > >> Heinz Tüchler >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html