r-cran-processx

GNU R execute and control system processes

Tools to run system processes in the background. It can check if a background process is running; wait on a background process to finish; get the exit status of finished processes; kill background processes and their children; restart processes. It can read the standard output and error of the processes, using non-blocking connections. 'processx' can poll a process for standard output or error, with a timeout. It can also poll several processes at once.

nodejs-supervisor

programs

R-processx

Portable tools to run system processes in the background. It can

check if a background process is running; wait on a background process to finish; get the exit status of finished processes; kill background processes and their children; restart processes. It can read the standard output and error of the processes, using non-blocking connections. 'processx' can poll a process for standard output or error, with a timeout. It can also poll several processes at once.

R-callr

It is sometimes useful to perform a computation in a separate R

process, without affecting the current R process at all. This packages does exactly