thanks Dr. R. this will come in handy in the future as I have a knack for
hanging R.
On Oct 2, 2012 12:01 PM, "Prof Brian Ripley" <ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 02/10/2012 18:29, Bert Gunter wrote:
>
>> ?history
>>
>> in a fresh R session, to see what might be possible. I'll bet the
>> answer is, "No, you're screwed," though. Nevertheless, maybe Linux
>> experts can save you.
>>
>
> Maybe not.  On a Unix-alike see ?Signals.  If you can find the pid of the
> R process and it is still running (and not e.g. suspended),
>
> kill -USR1 <pid>
>
> will save the workspace and history.
>
>
>> May the Force be with you.
>>
>> -- Bert
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I connected from my desktop Linux box to a Linux server using ssh in an
>>> xterm, but that xterm was running in Xvnc.  I'm running R on the server
>>> in
>>> that xterm (over ssh).  Something went wrong with Xvnc that has caused
>>> it to
>>> hang, probably this bug:
>>>
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/**ubuntu/+source/vnc4/+bug/**819473<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vnc4/+bug/819473>
>>>
>>> So I can't get back to that ssh session or to R.  I had done a bunch of
>>> work
>>> in R but the command history hasn't been written out.  If I kill R, I
>>> assume
>>> the command history is gone.  I wish I could somehow cause R to dump the
>>> command history.  Is there any way to tell the running R process to write
>>> the history somewhere?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael B. Miller, Ph.D.
>>> Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research
>>> Department of Psychology
>>> University of Minnesota
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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