1% File src/library/utils/man/chooseBioCmirror.Rd 2% Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org 3% Copyright 2009-2017 R Core Team 4% Distributed under GPL 2 or later 5 6\name{chooseBioCmirror} 7\alias{chooseBioCmirror} 8\alias{getBioCmirrors} 9\title{Select a Bioconductor Mirror} 10\description{ 11 Interact with the user to choose a Bioconductor mirror. 12} 13\usage{ 14chooseBioCmirror(graphics = getOption("menu.graphics"), ind = NULL, 15 local.only = FALSE) 16} 17\arguments{ 18 \item{graphics}{Logical. If true, use a graphical list: on Windows or 19 the macOS GUI use a list box, and on a Unix-alike use a Tk widget if 20 package \pkg{tcltk} and an X server are available. Otherwise use a 21 text \code{\link{menu}}.} 22 23 \item{ind}{Optional numeric value giving which entry to select.} 24 25 \item{local.only}{Logical, try to get most recent list from the 26 Bioconductor master or use file on local disk only.} 27} 28\details{ 29 This sets the \link{option} \code{"BioC_mirror"}: it is used 30 before a call to \code{\link{setRepositories}}. The out-of-the-box 31 default for that option is \code{NULL}, which currently corresponds to 32 the mirror \url{https://bioconductor.org}. 33 34 The \sQuote{Bioconductor (World-wide)} \sQuote{mirror} is a network of 35 mirrors providing reliable world-wide access; other mirrors may 36 provide faster access on a geographically local scale. 37 38 \code{ind} chooses a row in 39 \file{\var{\link{R_HOME}}/doc/BioC_mirrors.csv}, 40 by number. 41} 42\value{ 43 None: this function is invoked for its 44 side effect of updating \code{options("BioC_mirror")}. 45} 46\seealso{ 47 \code{\link{setRepositories}}, \code{\link{chooseCRANmirror}}. 48} 49\keyword{ utilities } 50