Identifies the package type from a filename

This function identifies the package type from a filename.

identifyPackageType(file, pkginfo = getPackageInfo(file))

Arguments

file

An R package in source or binary format,

pkginfo

information on the R package referenced by file

Value

string Type of the supplied package.

Details

The returned string is suitable for write_PACKAGES().

Note

This is an internal function, use ::: to access it from outside the internal package code.

Author

Jan Schulz and Dirk Eddelbuettel