R help - Feb 2009 - R version update utility

Hi,

O wrote a small bash script that performs unattended upgrades of R.
It has fit my purposes but I'd like to submit it to the community so it can 
be enhanced and widely useful.

There is some redundancy in code and this will be addressed soon.

Almost every action is logged but the main action of each step is logged 
only in case of error. Each run will produce a different log file. It can 
be disk wasting for some. However, it has proved useful when several runs 
must be done.

Any help, suggestion, code, etc. are welcome.

If this stuff is regarded as off-topic, please, email me in private.

Best regards.


Alexandre

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Hi,

This is a resend because the attachment to the previous message was removed. 
Sorry.

I wrote a bash script that can either perform unattended upgrades of R as a 
cron job or by hand in a terminal. It has run in several environments and 
fits my purposes but I'd like to submit it to the community so it can be 
enhanced and widely useful.

Any help, suggestion, code, etc. are welcome.

If this stuff is regarded as off-topic, please, email me in private.

The script is at [http://asaguiar.med.br/arquivos/checkRupgrade].

Thanx in advance.

Best regards.

Alexandre

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website: http://spsconsultoria.com/
Phone: +55-11-3717-4866 (SP)
Phone: +55-21-3717-4866 (RJ)
Voicemail: +55-11-2157-6891 (SP)
Fax: +55-11-2501-1972 (SP) - New fax number! Please, update records.
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