random_port

Find an available TCP port, starting with <code>port</code>, then sampling from
3000--8000 (excluding ports known to be blocked by Chrome).

Miscellaneous functions commonly used in other packages maintained by 'Yihui Xie'.

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random_port function

<dl><dt>port</dt>
<dd>Default port to try first.</dd>
<dt>n</dt>
<dd>Number of additional random ports to try.</dd>
<dt>exclude</dt>
<dd>Integer vector of ports to exclude from the search.</dd>
<dt>error</dt>
<dd>Whether to signal an error (default) or return <code>NULL</code> when no
port is found.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Find a random available TCP port — random_port

<dl>

<dt>port</dt>
<dd>Default port to try first.</dd>


<dt>n</dt>
<dd>Number of additional random ports to try.</dd>


<dt>exclude</dt>
<dd>Integer vector of ports to exclude from the search.</dd>


<dt>error</dt>
<dd>Whether to signal an error (default) or return <code>NULL</code> when no
port is found.</dd>

</dl>

random_port: Find a random available TCP port

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