I am trying to use R (windows version 2.0.1) to manage runs of a program that is run from a DOS command prompt. Is R able to call a DOS prompt? I am hoping that there is something analogous to the "spawn" command in IDL, but I can't see to find any help in the R archives... Thanks very much, Toby
Running DOS command prompt from R 2.0.1 Windows?
2 messages · Mr Toby Daniel Ahrens, Thomas Petzoldt
Mr Toby Daniel Ahrens wrote:
I am trying to use R (windows version 2.0.1) to manage runs of a program that is run from a DOS command prompt. Is R able to call a DOS prompt? I am hoping that there is something analogous to the "spawn" command in IDL, but I can't see to find any help in the R archives... Thanks very much, Toby
Yes, e.g. system("cmd") to get a "DOS" prompt. See ?system or ?shell for
details. You may consider to use wait=FALSE if you want a non-modal
behavior.
HTH Thomas P.