[R] R2WinBUGS stopping execution

[Uwe Ligges]

Gregor Gorjanc wrote:
>  <Richard.Cotton <at> hsl.gov.uk> writes:
>> I'm running OpenBUGS model via the R2WinBUGS package interface, under 
>> Windows.  Is it possible to terminate running models, short of using the 
>> Windows Task Manager to forcibly exit the program?
> 
> If you use OpenBUGS, then I guess you can not since R2WinBUGS just passes a call
> to BRugs and there is no way to stop that process or maybe it is - take a look
> in the list of processes. If you use WinBUGS, then you can safely "kill" it and
> R will not terminate.


As explained in a private mail already, there is no way:
OpenBUGS's BRugs.dll is loaded dynamically by BRugs and hence there is 
no separate process. OpenBUGS also does not look out for interrupts / 
exceptions and just samples along. Please send any requests to the 
OpenBUGS developers.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> 
> gg
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