On further review, it appears that & has nothing to do with the problems I'm
experiencing.  For some reason, the computer gods don't like --args 1 3.  A
solution I've found is outlined in the R-help archives:
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/02/13163.html .

If you know of another solution, please let me know.

Thanks,
-tgs

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Thomas Stewart <tgstewart@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to run R in batch mode on an LSF managed cluster.  In simple
> settings, I can do it just fine.  The trouble I'm having is when I try to
> pass arguments to the batch job.  For example,
>
> bsub R CMD BATCH --args 1 3 commandfile.R &
>
> LSF doesn't like the &, and it doesn't run.  I'm hoping one you can help me
> submit a job to an LSF cluster that allows me to pass arguments to R.
>
> Thank you,
> -tgs
>

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