[R] Plots automatically closing when using RScript

Gabor Grothendieck ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Tue Jun 2 00:16:31 CEST 2009


Try this:

Rscript -e "png('abc.png');plot(1:10);dev.off()" && abc.png

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Rhizomorph <khufu_lotus at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to run an R script from the command line using
> RScript.exe. The problem is, my script generates some plots which are being
> automatically closed as soon as the script reaches its end. Is there a way
> to force the plot windows to remain open until the user explicitly closes
> them?
>
> Example:
>
> Rscript --vanilla -e "plot(1:100)"
>
> The above line will create a plot that exists for a split second and then is
> gone - this seems like completely retarded behavior for a programming
> language that is so dependent upon plots.
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