This is exactly what I want!  Thank you very much!

2013/5/24 Greg Snow <538...@gmail.com>

> Look at the 'system.file' function.
>
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:27 AM, John Pellman <
> john.samoylovich.pell...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm trying to set up an R library for a common analysis that my lab does.
>>  This analysis involves the use of an external bash script, which I would
>> like to encapsulate within the R library.  I have been looking at
>> tutorials
>> that detail how to create packages, and many of them mention an
>> experimental "exec" directory where one can store Perl, Java, bash
>> scripts,
>> etc.  I was wondering how one might tell an R function to execute a shell
>> script in this directory (I've been thinking along the lines of using
>> system() to execute the script, but I am uncertain what the path to 'exec'
>> would be; my best guess is that the path to 'exec' might be found using
>> the
>> .libPaths() command).
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> John Pellman
>>
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