See the original description in tools::R_user_dir.

R_user_dir(package, which = c("data", "config", "cache"))

Examples

# get function from namespace instead of possibly getting
# implementation shipped with recent R versions:
bp_R_user_dir = getFromNamespace("R_user_dir", "backports")

bp_R_user_dir("backports")
#> [1] "/cluster-data/user-homes/elizabethb/.local/share/R/backports"