getPGID: return the process group ID for the R session

View source: R/getPGID.R

getPGIDR Documentation

return the process group ID for the R session

Description

This process group ID (PGID) is used as the owner token for locks acquired on symbols, e.g. It is known by the shell scripts which launch the email, status, and process servers, and is used by those scripts to remove locks if those servers die.

Usage

getPGID()

Value

integer scalar giving the process group ID.

Author(s)

John Brzustowski jbrzusto@REMOVE_THIS_PART_fastmail.fm

See Also

lockSymbol


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