R.utils (version 1.19.3)

systemR: Launches another R process from within R

Description

Launches another R process from within R via system() by automatically locating the R executable, cf [1].

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default':
systemR(command="", ..., Rcommand="R", verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

command
A character string be appended to the system() call. If a vector, then the strings ar
...
Additional arguments passed to system().
Rcommand
A character string specifying the basename of the R executable.
verbose
A logical or a Verbose object.

Value

  • Returns what system() returns.

References

[1] R-devel thread 'Best way to locate R executable from within R?', May 22, 2012.

See Also

The R executable is located using R.home(), which is then launched using system().

Examples

Run this code
res <- systemR("--slave -e cat(runif(1))", intern=TRUE)
cat("A random number: ", res, "", sep="")

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