Hi,
is there a way to pass commands (from a shell) to an all ready running R-runtime/R-Gui, without copy&past. So far I only know how to call R via shell with the -f or -e option, but in both cases a new R-Runtime will process the R-Script or R-Command I passed to it. I rather would like to have an open R-Runtime waiting for commands passed to it (via what ever connection is possible).
regrads, Tiny
You can use Rterm (under C:\Program Files\R\R-2.10.1\bin in Windows and R version 2.10.1). Or you can start R from the shell typing "R" (if the shell does not recognize the command you need to modify your path).
What you ask for cannot be done. R is single threaded and has a single REPL aka Read-eval-print loop which is, say, attached to a single input as e.g. the console in the GUI, or stdin if you pipe into R. But never two.
Unless you use something else as e.g. the most excellent Rserve which (when hosted on an OS other than Windoze) can handle multiple concurrent requests over tcp/ip. You may however have to write your custom connection. Examples for Java, C++ and R exist in the Rserve documentation.