Install and uninstall support for .Renviron.d and .Rprofile.d startup directories

Install and uninstall support for .Renviron.d and .Rprofile.d startup directories by appending / removing one line of code to the ~/.Rprofile file.

install(
  path = "~",
  backup = TRUE,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  make_dirs = TRUE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

uninstall(path = "~", backup = TRUE, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

path: The path where to create / update the .Rprofile file.
backup: If TRUE, a timestamped backup copy of the original file is created before modifying / overwriting it, otherwise not. If the backup fails, then an error is produced and the R startup file is unmodified.
overwrite: If the R startup file already exist, then FALSE (default) appends the startup code to the end of the file. is overwritten. If TRUE, any pre-existing R startup file is overwritten.
make_dirs: If TRUE (default), directories .Renviron.d/ and .Rprofile.d/ are created in folder path, if missing.
quiet: If FALSE (default), detailed messages are generated, otherwise not.

Value

The pathname of the R startup file modified.

Functions

install(): injects a tryCatch(startup::startup(), ...) call to the .Rprofile file, which is created if missing.
uninstall(): Remove calls to startup::startup() and similar.