Terminate an R Session

Usage

quit(save="ask")
   q(save="ask")
.Last <- function(x) { ...... }

Arguments

save a character string indicating whether the environment (workspace) should be saved.

Description

The function quit or its alias q terminate the current R session. save must be one of "no", "yes", or "ask". In the first case the workspace is not saved, in the second it is saved and in the third the user is prompted and can also decide not to quit.

Immediately before terminating, the function .Last() is executed if it exists.

See Also

.First for setting things on startup.

Examples

.Last <- function() {
  cat("Now printing  PostScript graphic:\n")
  system("lpr Rplots.ps")
  cat("bye bye...\n")
}
## Not really:  quit("yes")

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