On 8/11/2006 4:05 PM, John Morrow wrote: > Hello fellow R'ers, I have a simple calculation with a very large data set > being generated (34.9 million values) on a somewhat unreliable XP box that > will likely take ~ 74hrs. I wanted to know if there is a way to have my > script automatically "save.image()" throughout the calculation in case of a > crash. This could be on the basis of output generated or time elapsed. I > checked the archive, and only got a hint of it from: > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/1997-May/001611.html > > > > Any quick suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
I don't know of anything exactly as you describe. I'd recommend thinking about suitable restart points in the computation, and manually using save() or save.image() in your script. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
