> On 26 Feb 2015, at 20:20 , Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 26/02/2015 2:08 PM, Doran, Harold wrote:
>> Is there functionality within R proper, without having to revert to the OS,
>> allowing a function or a portion of an R script to be run at a defined time?
>> My google searches haven't provided much other than one at the link below
>> which relies on an OS.
>
> If you want it to start 1000 seconds from now, use Sys.sleep(1000) as your
> first statement. You'll have a process sitting there using no CPU (but
> perhaps lots of virtual memory) until the sleeping is done. Using cron is
> better.
>
There are also some asynchronous possibilities using tcltk:
tcl("after", 10000, quote(print("boo")))
Peter D.
> Duncan Murdoch
>
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