Run R Script As Background Job

Source: R/jobs.R

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.