sink {base}R Documentation

Send R Output to a File

Description

Diverts all R output to file, overwriting the file unless append is TRUE.

Usage

sink(file = NULL, append = FALSE)

Arguments

file a character string naming the file to write to, or NULL to stop ``sink''ing.
append if TRUE, output will be appended to file; otherwise, it will overwrite the contents of file.

Details

Only prompts and error messages continue to appear on the terminal.

sink() or sink(file=NULL) ends the diversion.

Examples

sink("sink-examp.txt")
i <- 1:10
outer(i,i,"*")
sink()
unlink("sink-examp.txt")

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