processx: 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. 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.

Version:	3.8.6
Depends:	R (≥ 3.4.0)
Imports:	ps (≥ 1.2.0), R6, utils
Suggests:	callr (≥ 3.7.3), cli (≥ 3.3.0), codetools, covr, curl, debugme, parallel, rlang (≥ 1.0.2), testthat (≥ 3.0.0), webfakes, withr
Published:	2025-02-21
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.processx
Author:	Gábor Csárdi [aut, cre, cph], Winston Chang [aut], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd], Ascent Digital Services [cph, fnd]
Maintainer:	Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor at gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/r-lib/processx/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
Copyright:	see file COPYRIGHTS
URL:	https://processx.r-lib.org, https://github.com/r-lib/processx
NeedsCompilation:	yes
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	processx results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

processx.html , processx.pdf

Downloads:

Package source:	processx_3.8.6.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: processx_3.8.6.zip, r-release: processx_3.8.6.zip, r-oldrel: processx_3.8.6.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): processx_3.8.6.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): processx_3.8.6.tgz, r-release (x86_64): processx_3.8.6.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): processx_3.8.6.tgz
Old sources:	processx archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:	asciicast, AzureContainers, babelwhale, blit, callr, chattr, chromote, cliff, cloudml, Colossus, condathis, crew, doconv, dynwrap, eplusr, GenoTriplo, gittargets, gooseR, gtfstools, guildai, gwpcormapper, jdenticon, MainExistingDatasets, mcptools, memes, minioclient, mlflow, nlmixr2auto, osrm.backend, pagedown, pingr, pkgbuild, pkgcache, pkgdepends, pkgload, pomdp, proffer, pysparklyr, qgisprocess, qsub, quarto, rbi, rchroma, Rcollectl, repana, rextendr, rgee, rhub, rixpress, rMIDAS2, rmon, rmspc, rosmium, Rsagacmd, rsyncrosim, rush, sarsop, selenium, SigBridgeRUtils, tensorflow, testthat, typr, uncoverappLib, virtuoso, vvbitwarden, wdman, xopen
Reverse linking to:	asciicast
Reverse suggests:	activAnalyzer, anndataR, azr, AzureStor, bbotk, blogdown, brms, bsicons, btw, cli, cmdfun, cyclocomp, dataquieR, formatters, golem, InterCellar, languageserver, liteq, mlr3hyperband, mlr3tuning, nanoparquet, orderly, otel, otelsdk, pak, plotly, ps, rcmdcheck, ReviewR, rlistings, rtiddlywiki, shinyTempSignal, targets, tfdeploy, universalmotif, vaultr, ViSEAGO, webfakes, zip

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