R.batch-package: Package R.batch
In R.batch: Methods to run batch jobs in R

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The package provides methods to batch run R scripts in a straightforward manner. A job batch is defined by a root directory containing subdirectories todo/, running/, finished/, failed/, src/ among others. A job to be processed is a directory placed in todo/. A job is processed by moving it to running/, then sourcing the R files in src/ (containing common code) and then the ones in the job directory (contain job specific code), in which a function onRun() has to be defined, which is then called. Succesfully jobs end up in finished/ whereas failed jobs in failed/.

This package should be considered to be in "beta" version.

To install this package, see https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=428. Required packages are installed from CRAN.

To get started, see:

JobBatch.
JobBatch$main() - to start a job from the command line.

To cite this package, please use:

@Manual{,
  title = {R.batch: Methods to run batch jobs in R},
  author = {Henrik Bengtsson},
  year = {2012},
  note = {R package version 0.6.1},
  url = {http://www.braju.com/R/},
}