R help - Oct 2012 - Autorun when library("xxx") is called

Dear List Member

Is there a mechanism to automatically run a piece of R code when a 
package is loaded using library("xxx") ? Preferentially that piece of
R
code should be located inside the package.
I would like that this piece of code checks on a server if an update is 
available just at the time of package load (the package is not still in 
CRAN; it is a work in progress with several testers).

Thanks a lot for your advice,

Marc

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Laboratoire Ecologie, Syst?matique et Evolution
Equipe de Conservation des Populations et des Communaut?s
CNRS, AgroParisTech et Universit? Paris-Sud 11 , UMR 8079
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? .onAttach
? .onLoad

at slightly different points in the load process.

Cheers,
Michael

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Marc Girondot <marc_grt at yahoo.fr>
wrote:
> Dear List Member
>
> Is there a mechanism to automatically run a piece of R code when a package
> is loaded using library("xxx") ? Preferentially that piece of R
code should
> be located inside the package.
> I would like that this piece of code checks on a server if an update is
> available just at the time of package load (the package is not still in
> CRAN; it is a work in progress with several testers).
>
> Thanks a lot for your advice,
>
> Marc
>
> --
> __________________________________________________________
> Marc Girondot, Pr
>
> Laboratoire Ecologie, Syst?matique et Evolution
> Equipe de Conservation des Populations et des Communaut?s
> CNRS, AgroParisTech et Universit? Paris-Sud 11 , UMR 8079
> B?timent 362
> 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
>
> Tel:  33 1 (0)1.69.15.72.30   Fax: 33 1 (0)1.69.15.73.53
> e-mail: marc.girondot at u-psud.fr
> Web: http://www.ese.u-psud.fr/epc/conservation/Marc.html
> Skype: girondot
>
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