\Header{COMPILE}{Compile Files for Use with R}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}R COMPILE [options] srcfiles\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\texttt{srcfiles}] A list of the names of source files to be compiled.
Currently, only C and FORTRAN are supported; the corresponding files
should have the extensions \file{.c} and \file{.f}, respectively.
\item[\texttt{options}] A list of compile-relevant settings, such as special
values for \texttt{CFLAGS} or \texttt{FFLAGS}.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Description}
The given source files are compiled so that they can subsequently be
collected into a shared library using \texttt{R SHLIB} and be loaded
into R using \texttt{dyn.load()}.\end{Description}
\begin{SeeAlso}
\texttt{\Link{SHLIB}}, \texttt{\Link{dyn.load}}\end{SeeAlso}

