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Dear R People: I would like to set up a plug-in for Rcmdr to do the following: I would start on a Linux laptop. Then I would log into another outside system and run a some commands. Now, when I tried to do system("ssh erin at xxx.edu") password xxxxxx It goes to the remote system. how do I continue to issue commands from the Linux laptop please? (hope this makes sense) thanks,

...describe, you are tying that instance of R to the login. I don't know of any resources within R itself which can emulate your personal behaviour. Though maybe others do know ... However, there is in principle a work-round. You will need to get your toolbox out and get to grips with "Unix plmubing"; and, to make it accessible to R, you will need to create a "Unix plumber". The basic component is the FIFO, or "named pipe". To create one of these, use a Linux command like   mkfifo myFIFO1 Then 'ls -l' in the directory you are working in will show this pipe a...