I would tend to agree that this is outside of R, unless the My_File.app is
intended to run an R script.
However, Terminal has a Preference setting that specifies whether its windows
close when the shell exits. I believe the default is to not close. Try changing
it.
-Don
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On 1/10/18, 9:39 AM, "R-SIG-Mac on behalf of Marc Schwartz"
<r-sig-mac-boun...@r-project.org on behalf of marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Christofer Bogaso
<bogaso.christo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an .app file saved in Harddisk, which I want to run from R. So
> below is the code which I use:
>
> system("open '.../My_File.app'")
>
> However, if I run above code multiple times (sequentially) then each
> time a new Terminal window opens that make my system cluttered.
>
> So I wonder if there is any way to use a single Terminal window and
> run above code sequentially there only. R should search if any
> Terminal window is already open and then run syntax on that Terminal
> window only.
>
> Any pointer will be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
Hi,
My initial reaction is that this is outside of R per se and more specific
to macOS in terms of how the application is opened at the CLI, runs and then is
exited/closed, before the next instance is run.
I would do a Google search on keywords along the lines of "macOS scripting"
and/or "macOS open command".
One possibility would be to use the '-W' option for open, which
theoretically will force the initial call to wait for the first application
instance to be closed/exited before returning.
For example, compare the behaviors of:
system("open -a TextEdit")
versus:
system("open -W -a TextEdit")
from an R terminal session.
So, depending upon your actual workflow requirements, you may wish to
consider using the system() function with a different call, or perhaps create a
shell script that can be called via system(), rather than the actual single
command, where the shell script can contain a sequence of CLI commands that are
relevant to your workflow.
Regards,
Marc Schwartz
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