[R] system shell emulation in R

[Shin, Daehyok]

Is it difficult in R to create a function calling system() with user's
inputs iteratively?

Daehyok Shin (Peter)

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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Prof Brian Ripley
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 PM 2:28
> To: Shin, Daehyok
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> Subject: Re: [R] system shell emulation in R
>
>
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Shin, Daehyok wrote:
>
> > Rather than using system() to execute a shell command,
> > is there a way to emulate the system shell itself in R?
> > For instance, if the function is shell,
> >
> > > getwd()
> > [1] "/home/a/b"
> > > shell()          # From R to system shell
> > $cd ..              # cd command in system shell
> > $CTRL+D	       # Return to R
> > > getwd()
> > [1] "/home/a"
>
> system("/bin/sh") does this for you under a Unix-alike.  But as spawning a
> shell as cd-ing in the child does not change the working directory of the
> parent, the emulation would be imperfect if this worked in R.
>
> Do try it in your favourite shell!
>
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