[R] Automated Start for new Rgui within existing R code?

2013-01-31 Thread Brigid Mooney
Is there a way to start multiple instances of R in an automated manner? Since I'm not sure that question makes tons of sense, here's my scenario: I have a number of data updates that need to be completed on an ongoing basis with the data pulled from and then stored to another location. The

Re: [R] Automated Start for new Rgui within existing R code?

2013-01-31 Thread Jeff Newmiller
?parallel::parallel Only one gui, multiple cores working at once. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.usBasics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go...

Re: [R] Automated Start for new Rgui within existing R code?

2013-01-31 Thread Greg Snow
You could always just run something like system(path/to/R/RScript myfile.R) from within R. But this also sounds like something that the parallel package may be helpful with to use your 8 cores to speed up your update process. On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Brigid Mooney bkmoo...@gmail.com