R: Update HTML Package List

make.packages.html {utils} | R Documentation

## Update HTML Package List

### Description

Re-create the HTML list of packages.

### Usage

    make.packages.html(lib.loc = .libPaths(), temp = FALSE,
                       verbose = TRUE, docdir = R.home("doc"))

### Arguments

`lib.loc` | character vector. List of libraries to be included.
`temp` | logical: should the package indices be created in a temporary location for use by the HTTP server?
`verbose` | logical. If true, print out a message.
`docdir` | If `temp` is false, directory in whose ‘html’ directory the ‘packages.html’ file is to be created/updated.

### Details

This creates the ‘packages.html’ file, either a temporary copy for use by `help.start`, or the copy in ‘R.home("doc")/html’ (for which you will need write permission).

It can be very slow, as all the package ‘DESCRIPTION’ files in all the library trees are read.

For `temp = TRUE` there is some caching of information, so the file will only be re-created if `lib.loc` or any of the directories it lists have been changed.

### Value

Invisible logical, with `FALSE` indicating a failure to create the file, probably due to lack of suitable permissions.

### See Also

`help.start`

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    make.packages.html()
    # this can be slow for large numbers of installed packages.

    ## End(Not run)

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