> On 26 Feb 2015, at 20:20 , Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 26/02/2015 2:08 PM, Doran, Harold wrote: >> Is there functionality within R proper, without having to revert to the OS, >> allowing a function or a portion of an R script to be run at a defined time? >> My google searches haven't provided much other than one at the link below >> which relies on an OS. > > If you want it to start 1000 seconds from now, use Sys.sleep(1000) as your > first statement. You'll have a process sitting there using no CPU (but > perhaps lots of virtual memory) until the sleeping is done. Using cron is > better. >
There are also some asynchronous possibilities using tcltk: tcl("after", 10000, quote(print("boo"))) Peter D. > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.