rcmd_copycat: Call and R CMD command, while mimicking the current R session

In MangoTheCat/callr: Call R from R

Call and ⁠R CMD⁠ command, while mimicking the current R session

Description

This function is similar to rcmd(), but it has slightly different defaults:

• The repos options is unchanged.

• No extra environment variables are defined.

Usage

rcmd_copycat(
  cmd,
  cmdargs = character(),
  libpath = .libPaths(),
  repos = getOption("repos"),
  env = character(),
  ...
)

Arguments

cmd	Command to run. See R --help from the command line for the various commands. In the current version of R (3.2.4) these are: BATCH, COMPILE, SHLIB, INSTALL, REMOVE, build, check, LINK, Rprof, Rdconv, Rd2pdf, Rd2txt, Stangle, Sweave, Rdiff, config, javareconf, rtags.
cmdargs	Command line arguments.
libpath	The library path.
repos	The repos option. If NULL, then no repos option is set. This options is only used if user_profile or system_profile is set FALSE, as it is set using the system or the user profile.
env	Environment variables to set for the child process.
...	Additional arguments are passed to rcmd().

Security considerations

callr makes a copy of the user's .Renviron file and potentially of the local or user .Rprofile, in the session temporary directory. Avoid storing sensitive information such as passwords, in your environment file or your profile, otherwise this information will get scattered in various files, at least temporarily, until the subprocess finishes. You can use the keyring package to avoid passwords in plain files.

See Also

Other R CMD commands: rcmd(), rcmd_bg()

MangoTheCat/callr documentation built on Aug. 29, 2024, 2:32 a.m.