courieR (version 0.2.2)

dispatch: Run an R command in the background and log output

Description

Run an R command in the background and log output

Usage

dispatch(
  project_path,
  expr,
  phase,
  label,
  rscript_path = NULL,
  timeout_sec = 600L
)

Value

A list with process info

Arguments

project_path

Path to the project

expr

Expression to run (as a quoted expression or function)

phase

Character: "baseline" or "post_migration"

label

Character: "document", "test", or "check"

rscript_path

Optional path to Rscript

timeout_sec

Timeout in seconds

Examples

# \donttest{
  tmp <- tempdir()
  job <- dispatch(tmp, "message('hello')", "baseline", "document")
  Sys.sleep(1)
  job$process$is_alive()
# }