Execute command remotely

remote.execute.R(
  script,
  host = "localhost",
  user = NA,
  verbose = FALSE,
  R = "R",
  scratchdir = tempdir()
)

Arguments

script: the script to be invoked, as a list of commands.
host: settings host list
user: the username to use for remote login
verbose: should the output be printed to the console
R: Path to the R executable or binary file.
scratchdir: Path to the scratch directory for temporary files during remote execution.

Value

the captured output of the command (both stdout and stderr)

Details

Executes the given command on the remote host using ssh. If the user is set the system will login as the given user. If the host given is the local machine it will execute the command locally without ssh.

Author

Rob Kooper

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  remote.execute.R('list.files()', host='localhost', verbose=FALSE)
} # }