write.bib {bibtex} | R Documentation |
Generates a Bibtex file from a list of packages or all the installed packages. It is useful for adding relevant citations in Sweave documents.
write.bib(entry, file = "Rpackages.bib", append = FALSE, verbose = TRUE)
entry |
a |
file |
output Bibtex file. |
append |
logical. If |
verbose |
a logical to toggle verbosity. |
the list of Bibtex objects – invisibly.
Renaud Gaujoux, based on the function Rpackages.bib
from Achim Zeileis (see References).
[R] Creating bibtex file of all installed packages? Achim Zeileis. R-help mailing list.
write.bib(c('bibtex', 'utils', 'tools'), file='references')
bibs <- read.bib('references.bib')
write.bib(bibs, 'references2.bib')
md5 <- tools::md5sum(c('references.bib', 'references2.bib'))
md5[1] == md5[2]