Signals {base} | R Documentation |
On receiving SIGUSR1
R will save the workspace and
quit. SIGUSR2
has the same result except that the
.Last
function and on.exit
expressions
will not be called.
kill -USR1 pid kill -USR2 pid
pid |
The process ID of the R process |
It is possible that one or more R objects will be undergoing modification at the time the signal is sent. These objects could be saved in a corrupted form.