robust_system: System calls and stderr stdout reporting

In toddknutson/toddr: A collection of functions for RNAseq, scRNAseq, variant calling, and other bioinformatics methods.

System calls and stderr stdout reporting

Description

Robustly pass commands to system() and capture stderr and stdout data

Usage

robust_system(command)

Arguments

command

[Required] String that is passed directly to the base::system() command.

Value

A list of length 3. list[[1]] is the exit code for the command. list[[2]] is the "stdout" text. list[[3]] is the "stderr" text.

This function was mostly copied from: [https://stackoverflow.com/a/17090601/2367748](https://stackoverflow.com/a/17090601/2367748)

See Also

[robust_system_check()]

Examples

robust_list <- robust_system("date; cal")

toddknutson/toddr documentation built on Aug. 28, 2023, 2:45 a.m.