[R] [SPAM] Re: The "--slave" option

[Richard O'Keefe]

Ah, *now* we're getting somewhere.  There is something that *can* be
done that's genuinely helpful.
>From the R(1) manual page:
       -q, --quiet
              Don't print startup message

       --silent
              Same as --quiet

       --slave
              Make R run as quietly as possible

It might have been better to use --nobanner instead of --quiet.  So perhaps

    -q, --quiet
        Don't print the startup message.  This is the only output that
is suppressed.

    --silent
        Same as --quiet.  Suppress the startup message only.

    --slave
        Make R run as quietly as possible.  This is for use when running R as a
        subordinate process.  See "Introduction to Sub-Processes in R"
        https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/subprocess/vignettes/intro.html
        for an example.

On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 02:29, Stephen Ellison <S.Ellison using lgcgroup.com> wrote:
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> > Sure, it's a silly example, but it makes about as much sense as using
> > "slave" to mean "quiet".
> It doesn't. It's a set of options chosen for when R is called as a slave process from a controlling process, and in that it is a reasonable description of the circumstance.
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> --quiet is a separate command line option with different effect.
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