[R] Terminating a program using R

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 10/02/2015 07:55, Ssuhanchen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to query that if it is possible for R to terminate a program
> such as notepad, word, etc.?
> If yes, what kind of function should I use?

The POSIX way to do this is to use 'kill', so try ??kill in your R 
process or use system() to call your favourite OS utility to do this.

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, University of Oxford
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