Run R Script As Job

Starts an R script as a background job.

jobRunScript(
  path,
  name = NULL,
  encoding = "unknown",
  workingDir = NULL,
  importEnv = FALSE,
  exportEnv = ""
)

Arguments

path	The path to the R script to be run.
name	A name for the background job. When `NULL` (the default), the filename of the script is used as the job name.
encoding	The text encoding of the script, if known.
workingDir	The working directory in which to run the job. When `NULL` (the default), the parent directory of the R script is used.
importEnv	Whether to import the global environment into the job.
exportEnv	The name of the environment in which to export the R objects created by the job. Use `""` (the default) to skip export, `"R_GlobalEnv"`` to export to the global environment, or the name of an environment object to create an object with that name.