read_DESCRIPTION_zip {microCRAN}

Read DESCRIPTION file from package

Description

Read DESCRIPTION file from package

Usage

read_DESCRIPTION_zip(fn)

read_DESCRIPTION_tar(fn)

Arguments

fn

Path to either zip, tar.gz or tgz file.

Value

List-object with contents of DESCRIPTION file.

Examples

package <- system.file('extdata/microCRAN_0.1.0.zip',
  package='microCRAN', mustWork=TRUE)
read_DESCRIPTION_zip(package)