[BioC] system() command in R

[Markus Boenn]

Hello,

did you also try

cmd<-"sh start-server.sh &"    #<<<------
system(cmd, wait=FALSE)


??

Maybe this works. The "&" tells the process to run in the background.

Markus

rasanpreet kaur suri wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a local server insalled on my system and have to start that from
> within my R function.
>
> here is how I start it:
>
> cmd<-"sh start-server.sh"
> system(cmd, wait=FALSE)
>
> My function has to start the server and proceed with further steps. The
> server starts but the further steps of the program are not executed.The
> cursor keeps waiting after the server is started.
>
> i tried removing the wait=FALSE, but it still keeps waiting.
>
> I also tried putting the start-server in a separate function and my further
> script in a separate function and then run them together, but it still
> waits. The transition from the start of server to next step is not
> happening.
>
> Please help. I have been stuck on this for quite some time now.
>
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