Runs a script in batch mode directly from within R.

This function is to allow R CMD BATCH to be called interactively, without needing to start up a command line terminal and change directories etc. It calls the R CMD BATCH from the current working directory. Hence its value is in producing the side-effects: whatever happens when the script is run. Plus a log file will be created in the working directory with the same name as the script but with the suffix changed to '.Rout'.

Usage

run_batch(filename, ...)

Arguments

filename

character string of the name or path of the script (relative to the working directory).

...

other arguments to pass to system

Value

see system which is called.

Details

The command will not run in environments where interactive is false, so as to prevent infinite loops.

See also

BATCH and rcmd from the callr package, which might already do this....

check_failures from the devtools package for future ideas for a function to check the log file for errors or warnings.