os.lock: Locks the operating system (Windows) through a shell command

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Locks the operating system (Windows) through a shell command

Description

This locks Windows after set amount of time.

Usage

os.lock(s = 0, m = 0, h = 0)

Arguments

s	time to wait before shutting down (in seconds), added to m and h; passed to Sys.sleep
m	time to wait before shutting down (in minutes), added to s and h; passed to Sys.sleep
h	time to wait before shutting down (in hours), added to s and m; passed to Sys.sleep

Value

The status code of shell.

Author(s)

Tal Galili

References

https://superuser.com/questions/42124/how-can-i-put-the-computer-to-sleep-from-command-prompt-run-menu , https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/quick-tip-create-shutdown-restart-lock-icons-in-windows-vista/

See Also

system,shell, Sys.sleep, is.windows, os.shutdown, os.sleep, os.hibernate, os.lock, os.restart

Examples

## Not run: 
## when your code is extremely time-consuming, 
# you may need this function to run at the
# end of the simulation.
os.lock()

## End(Not run)

installr documentation built on Nov. 13, 2022, 1:06 a.m.