?system or ?system2 Note the "wait" argument
Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Archit Soni <soni.archit1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using below code to execute a batch file on server to get me data from > an API > > it looks like: > > shell.exec('<<path name>>\\file.bat') > #do next step > > The problem is that this function shell.exec doesn't wait for the batch > file to execute completely and jumps to next line of code. > > Any ideas how can I hold R to go for next line of code until and unless > batch file has completed its execution. > > Many thanks. > > P.S: I tried to use shell() but it says could not find function shell > > -- > Regards > Archit > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.