R help - Nov 2007 - R as server application

Is there a way to use R as a client server application?

Whitch means: 
1. install R on a server (running as a service)
2. from client send R-scripts through IDE/Editor (TINN-R) to
"R-server"
3. receive R-output on client		

All the Best

Kilian Schwab

Do you need something more than a simple ssh connection to a remote
host in which you run R (trivial when the server is Linux)?

My advice is to run R in a "screen" session on the remote host (it
protects from sudden disconnections). Then you have a window on your
screen with the R command line, which you can copy/paste your scripts
to (from whichever editor you want) as if it was running locally. Of
course, on-screen graphics works (if you forward X... if you see what
I mean) but it depends on connection speed (in LAN no problem, through
internet it can be a pain, I usually don't use it then) and you need
an X server running locally (if the 'client' is windows, cygwin highly
recommended).

A real R 'server' could be very useful though.

Hi,

tbe R.batch package (http://www.braju.com/R/) was written to run
multiple batch jobs on one or more hosts sharing the same file system.
 It doesn't do everything you want but part of it. For details, see
r-help thread 'R.batch (Was: Re: [R] Calling R from R and specifying
"wait until script is finished")' on May 22, 2005:

  http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/05/5046.html

/Henrik

On 21/11/2007, Kilian Schwab <K.Schwab at delta-energy.ch>
wrote:
> Is there a way to use R as a client server application?
>
> Whitch means:
> 1. install R on a server (running as a service)
> 2. from client send R-scripts through IDE/Editor (TINN-R) to
"R-server"
> 3. receive R-output on client
>
> All the Best
>
> Kilian Schwab
>
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I found this link:

http://jesus-loves-grass.blogspot.com/search/label/R%20server

Which points to RSOAP and Rserver.