R help - Jul 2004 - perl script in exec/

Dear useRs-

I am developing a package that uses output from stand-alone unix software 
programs.  I use multiple perl scripts to process the output and make it ready 
for reading into R.  I would like to keep the perl scripts in the designated 
place for such files, exec/, but I can't find how a user is supposed to be
able
to use those when using the library.   

R-exts 1.1.4: 
..'exec/' could contain additional executables the package needs, ... 
This
mechanism is currently used only by very few packages, and still experimental.  

Any help or referral to the proper documentation would be appreciated.  

Jason

+--------------------------+
|Jason P. Sinnwell, M.S.   |
|Mayo Clinic, Rochester    |
|Health Sciences Research  |
|Division of Biostatistics |
|Harwick 7-97		   |
|507.284.3270              |
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Jason Sinnwell wrote:
> Dear useRs-
> 
> I am developing a package that uses output from stand-alone unix software 
> programs.  I use multiple perl scripts to process the output and make it
ready
> for reading into R.  I would like to keep the perl scripts in the
designated
> place for such files, exec/, but I can't find how a user is supposed to
be able
> to use those when using the library.   

   file.path(.path.package("NameOfThePackage"),
             "exec", "NameOfThePerlScript")

Uwe Ligges

> R-exts 1.1.4: 
> ..'exec/' could contain additional executables the package needs,
...  This
> mechanism is currently used only by very few packages, and still
experimental.
> 
> Any help or referral to the proper documentation would be appreciated.  
> 
> Jason
> 
> +--------------------------+
> |Jason P. Sinnwell, M.S.   |
> |Mayo Clinic, Rochester    |
> |Health Sciences Research  |
> |Division of Biostatistics |
> |Harwick 7-97		   |
> |507.284.3270              |
> +--------------------------+
> 
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