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% File src/library/base/man/zScript.Rd
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% Copyright 1995-2007 R Core Development Team
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\name{.Script}
\title{Scripting Language Interface}
\alias{.Script}
\description{
  Run a script through its interpreter with given arguments.
}
\usage{
.Script(interpreter, script, args, \dots)
}
\arguments{
  \item{interpreter}{a character string naming the interpreter for the
    script.}
  \item{script}{a character string with the base file name of the
    script, which must be located in the \file{\code{interpreter}}
    subdirectory of
#ifdef unix
    \file{\var{R\_SHARE\_DIR}} (normally \file{\var{\link[base:Rhome]{R\_HOME}}/share}).}
#endif
#ifdef windows
    \file{\var{\link[base:Rhome]{R\_HOME}}/share}.}
#endif
  \item{args}{a character string giving the arguments to pass to the
    script.}
  \item{\dots}{further arguments to be passed to \code{\link{system}}
    when invoking the interpreter on the script.}
}
\note{This function is for R internal use only.}
\examples{
## not useful on Windows, where the help is zipped.
.Script("perl", "massage-Examples.pl",
        paste("tools", system.file("R-ex", package = "tools")))
}
\keyword{interface}