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Run an R script in an isolated subprocess

run_script.Rd

Executes script_path in a fresh R session via callr::r(), with the working directory set to the script's parent directory (typically the rsrc/ folder).

Usage

run_script(script_path, timeout = 300)

Arguments

script_path

Character. Absolute path to the R script.

timeout

Numeric. Timeout in seconds. Default 300 (5 minutes).

Value

A single-row data.frame with columns:

  • script_path: The input path.

  • success: Logical, TRUE if script completed without error.

  • error_message: Character, empty string on success, error message on failure.

  • elapsed: Numeric, wall-clock seconds.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
run_script("lecture_i2ml/slides/evaluation/rsrc/fig-eval_mape.R")
} # }