Hello, I?m currently running a script that takes several days to complete, and have therefore chosen to start two instances of R, each doing half the work (since I have a two-processor machine). The problem is that this renders my computer worthless to do other work on. So - is it possible to pause one of the running R instances to do other things for a while, and then starting it again without losing anything? TL;DR I want to know if it is possible to pause a running script. Thanks! Anders
On 10/19/2009 7:45 AM, Anders Carlsson wrote:> Hello, > I?m currently running a script that takes several days to complete, and > have therefore chosen to start two instances of R, each doing half the > work (since I have a two-processor machine). The problem is that this > renders my computer worthless to do other work on. So - is it possible > to pause one of the running R instances to do other things for a while, > and then starting it again without losing anything? > > TL;DR I want to know if it is possible to pause a running script.In most operating systems it is, but you didn't tell us yours. Duncan Murdoch
Anders Carlsson wrote:> Hello, > I?m currently running a script that takes several days to complete, and > have therefore chosen to start two instances of R, each doing half the > work (since I have a two-processor machine). The problem is that this > renders my computer worthless to do other work on. So - is it possible > to pause one of the running R instances to do other things for a while, > and then starting it again without losing anything? > > TL;DR I want to know if it is possible to pause a running script.Well it is easy on Unix/Linux and presumably also MacOSX, but (as Brian Ripley once put it) since you're not telling us what OS you are using, it is probably Windows... Looks like iet is possible there via 3rd party tools; e.g., there's something called DTaskManager. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard ?ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907