.Script                 package:base                 R Documentation

Scripting Language Interface

Description:

     Run a script through its interpreter with given arguments.

Usage:

     .Script(interpreter, script, args, ...)

Arguments:

interpreter: a character string naming the interpreter for the script.

  script: a character string with the base file name of the script,
          which must be located in the ``interpreter'' subdirectory of
          `R_HOME/share'.

    args: a character string giving the arguments to pass to the
          script.

     ...: further arguments to be passed to `system' when invoking the
          interpreter on the script.

Note:

     This function is for R internal use only.

Examples:

     .Script("perl", "maketitle.pl", file.path(.Library, "base", "TITLE"))

