[Rd] read.table: aborting based on a time constraint

[Derek Stephen Elmerick]

Hello –

I am trying to write code that will read in multiple datasets;
however, I would like to skip any dataset where the read-in process
takes longer than some fixed cutoff. A generic version of the function
is the following:

for(k in  1:number.of.datasets)
{
   X[k]=read.table(…)
}

The issue is that I cannot find a way to embed logic that will abort
the read-in process of a specific dataset without manual intervention.
I scanned the help manual and other postings, but no luck based on my
search. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Derek