Can I run jobs in the background and the check the status of it from time to time in Windows version of R? Thanks ../Murli [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Nair, Murlidharan T wrote:> Can I run jobs in the background and the check the status of it from > time to time in Windows version of R?Depends on your version of Windows. I am running the automatical building of R packages in the background on a Windows Server 2003. Unfortunately, if you are logged on, a windows appears when the job is running. For other jobs such as simulations, I am always using a Linux machine. Uwe Ligges> > > > Thanks ../Murli > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Uwe Ligges wrote:> Nair, Murlidharan T wrote: > > Can I run jobs in the background and the check the status of it from > > time to time in Windows version of R? > > Depends on your version of Windows. I am running the automatical > building of R packages in the background on a Windows Server 2003. > Unfortunately, if you are logged on, a windows appears when the job is > running. > For other jobs such as simulations, I am always using a Linux machine. >You can with no window using a decent shell -- I use tcsh.exe, and that should work on any NT-based version of Windows (and others are very old). -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595