[R] How to cancel a R function in the command line?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 20.10.2011 19:22, Rui Esteves wrote:
> Hi Tsjerk,
>
> In my command line it does not.

Perhaps you arfe using a function that calls compiled code that does not 
look for user interrupts?

try it on

repeat{1+1}

...

Uwe Ligges



> Maybe it because I am using linux.
> That is my problem.
>
> Thank you for answering,
> Rui
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Tsjerk Wassenaar<tsjerkw at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hi Rui,
>>
>> In the R terminal ctrl-c cancels the function, not the session.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tsjerk
>>
>> On Oct 20, 2011 7:16 PM, "Rui Esteves"<ruimaximo at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This question seems very basic but I cannot find an answer on google.
>>
>> I have a R session on a linux command line.
>> I called a function that is taking ages.
>> I want to cancel the function but without killing the R session.
>> What is the shortcut?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rui
>>
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