The 'install' script outputs also to std. out. This renders it "useless" in report generators, since such output will clutter up the report. Should be redirected to std. err., e.g.
$ Rscript -e "source('http://callr.org/install#R.devices')" > log.out 2> log.err
$ ls -l log.*
-rwx------+ 1 4294967295 mkpasswd 201 Jan 28 11:28 log.err
-rwx------+ 1 4294967295 mkpasswd 6667 Jan 28 11:28 log.out
$ head log.out
abind :
Version 1.4-0 installed in C:/Users/hb/R/win-library/3.2
Version 1.4-1 available at http://R-Forge.R-project.org
Update (y/N/c)?
base64 :
Version 1.1 installed in C:/Users/hb/R/win-library/3.2
Version 1.2 available at http://R-Forge.R-project.org
Update (y/N/c)?
bbmle :
Version 1.0.17 installed in C:/Users/hb/R/win-library/3.2
Installing/updating package: 'R.devices'
The 'install' script outputs also to std. out. This renders it "useless" in report generators, since such output will clutter up the report. Should be redirected to std. err., e.g.