Function getRpathFromSystem

src/util.ts:63–86

()

}

export async function getRpathFromSystem(): Promise<string> {

    let rpath = '';
    const platform: string = process.platform;

    rpath ||= getRfromEnvPath(platform);

    if ( !rpath && platform === 'win32') {
        // Find path from registry
        try {
            const key = new winreg({
                hive: winreg.HKLM,
                key: '\\Software\\R-Core\\R',
            });
            const item: winreg.RegistryItem = await new Promise((c, e) =>
                key.get('InstallPath', (err, result) => err === null ? c(result) : e(err)));
            rpath = path.join(item.value, 'bin', 'R.exe');
        } catch (e) {
            rpath = '';
        }
    }

    return rpath;
}

export function getRPathConfigEntry(term: boolean = false): string {
    const trunc = (term ? 'rterm' : 'rpath');