R.utils (version 2.3.0)

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

"systemR"(command="", ..., Rcommand="R", verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

command

A character string be appended to the system() call. If a vector, then the strings are concatenated separated with a space.

...

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

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