launchBatch: Launching batch
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launchBatch

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Launching batch

Description

Convenient way to launch an R file in batch mode.

Usage

launchBatch(
  file,
  path = ".",
  dirBatch = NULL,
  operator = NULL,
  add.Rout = TRUE,
  add.lis = TRUE,
  add.options = "",
  rm.newfile = FALSE
)

Arguments

`file`	the name of the file. character.
`path`	the path to the directory containing the file. character.
`dirBatch`	If no `NULL`, the name of a directory where to store the .lis and .Rout. character.
`operator`	the command used to launch the batch. character.
`add.Rout`	Should a file .Rout be generated. character.
`add.lis`	Should a file .liss be generated.character.
`add.options`	Additional options to be used to launch the batch. character.
`rm.newfile`	Should the copy of the original file be removed after completion of the function? character.

Details

If the directory specified for argument dirBatch does not exist, it will be automatically generated (provided it corresponds to a valid path). Before launching the batch, first a copy of the file is made. It is named with the prefix launchBatch- and, if any, will automatically overwrite the existing file. Then the command for generating the .lis is added to the file and the batch is launched.