[R] Inclusion of a countdown tool of remaining calculation time possible?

[Ben Bolker]

 <jennifer.moeller-gulland <at> de.pwc.com> writes:

> 
> Dear All, 
> 
> We are currently working with very large datasets which even in R require 
> a lot of calculation time. Is there an option of including a function/ 
> tool or something alike which shows the remaining time of calculation? 
> Just to see whether there is any progress or whether anything has crashed 
> and to get a feeling whether we have to wait for 5 min or 30min... 
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated! 
> Thanks in advance. 
> Best, 
> Jennifer 
> 

  apropos("progress")

leads you to 

?txtProgressBar

  which sounds like exactly what you need.

  Ben Bolker