Run an R command in the background and log output — dispatch • courieR

Run an R command in the background and log output

Usage

dispatch(
  project_path,
  expr,
  phase,
  label,
  rscript_path = NULL,
  timeout_sec = 600L
)

Arguments

project_path: Path to the project
expr: Expression to run (as a quoted expression or function)
phase: Character: "baseline" or "post_migration"
label: Character: "document", "test", or "check"
rscript_path: Optional path to Rscript
timeout_sec: Timeout in seconds

Value

A list with process info

Examples

# \donttest{
  tmp <- tempdir()
  job <- dispatch(tmp, "message('hello')", "baseline", "document")
  Sys.sleep(1)
  job$process$is_alive()
#> [1] FALSE
# }