[R] How to implement a recurring check for updates for R and packages?

Hello all, I wish to add to the installrhttp://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/installr/package the ability to check for new versions of R once every X units of time (maybe once every two weeks). I would like to keep a time stamp somewhere, that would stay persistent across R sessions (i.e.:

Re: [R] How to implement a recurring check for updates for R and packages?

[Sounds like a question for R-devel] On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Tal Galili tal.gal...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I wish to add to the installrhttp://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/installr/package the ability to check for new versions of R once every X units of time (maybe once

Re: [R] How to implement a recurring check for updates for R and packages?

Thank you very much for the reply Henrik, you gave great pointers for me to look at. I am now curious about R.cache (although I am not sure it will help in my case, I'll need to look at it further). Also, I was debating if to use R-help or R-devel for this, since I was not sure from the