[R] Script Run Output Capturing

[Stephen H. Dawson, DSL]

I have not tired sink yet. I was asking for best processes by soliciting 
input from others who have succeeded in this effort before. My question 
is more conceptual in nature, a research point, to learn more about the 
strengths and weaknesses of options.


*Stephen Dawson, DSL*
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On 12/23/21 10:54 AM, Bert Gunter wrote:
> ?sink explicitly says:
>
> "sink diverts R output to a connection (and stops such diversions)"
>
> Is this not exactly what you requested? If not, why not? Have you
> tried it to see?
>
> Bert Gunter
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 5:28 AM Stephen H. Dawson, DSL via R-help
> <r-help using r-project.org> wrote:
>> Nice! Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> I will research over the next few days.
>>
>> https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~hemken/Rworkshops/interface/savingoutput.html
>>
>> How about the sink() and capture.output() functions? Have you ever used
>> them?
>>
>>
>> *Stephen Dawson, DSL*
>> /Executive Strategy Consultant/
>> Business & Technology
>> +1 (865) 804-3454
>> http://www.shdawson.com <http://www.shdawson.com>
>>
>>
>> On 12/23/21 6:44 AM, Rasmus Liland wrote:
>>> Dear Stephen,
>>>
>>> Maybe running R in batch mode is what
>>> you're after?  E.g. running
>>>
>>>        R CMD BATCH ./process/script-name.r
>>>
>>> creates ./process/script-name.Rout (or
>>> ./process/script-name.rout ?) with
>>> output of R commands and inline output,
>>> I think stderr (maybe others?  Not only
>>> stdout like tee ...
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams )
>>>
>>> Note, the batch output is overwritten,
>>> as opposed to being appended to (the tee
>>> -a flag) the next time you run that line
>>> again ...
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Rasmus
>>>
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