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sys (version 3.4.3)

Powerful and Reliable Tools for Running System Commands in R

Description

Drop-in replacements for the base system2() function with fine control and consistent behavior across platforms. Supports clean interruption, timeout, background tasks, and streaming STDIN / STDOUT / STDERR over binary or text connections. Arguments on Windows automatically get encoded and quoted to work on different locales.

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install.packages('sys')

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Version

3.4.3

License

MIT + file LICENSE

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Last Published

October 4th, 2024

Functions in sys (3.4.3)

as_text

Convert Raw to Text
sys-deprecated

Deprecated functions
quote

Quote arguments on Windows
exec

Running System Commands
exec_r

Execute R from R