On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Greg Snow <greg.s...@imail.org> wrote: > Ctrl-C works on some platforms, it would help us to help you if we knew which > OS you are using, which version of R you are using, and in some cases whether > you are using the GUI or Terminal version of R.
>> Hi, >> >> I have an R function that executes for a little over a minute. When the >> function starts running, the R interface freezes and doesnt change >> until the function exits cleanly. Is there someway I can force the >> function to exit without messing up the interface?(An equivalent of >> Ctrl-C) >> >> Additionally, can I run the function in background and get a >> notification when it completes? On Windows you need to press the Escape (Esc) key. However, some compiled functions are not programmed to be interruptible and neither Ctrl-C nor Esc will stop them. As far as I know, there's no way to run something in the background from the interactive R prompt (there may be a way to hack it together using threads, but not on all platforms), but you can always write a full script and use R CMD BATCH to run it in batch mode, possibly in the background. Peter ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.
