warnes/fork: R Functions for Handling Multiple Processes

These functions provides simple wrappers around the Unix process management API calls: fork, signal, wait, waitpid, kill, and _exit. This enables construction of programs that utilize and mange multiple concurrent processes.

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Package details

AuthorGregory R. Warnes <greg@warnes.net>. Financial support for some aspects of this package provided by Metrum Research Group, LLC <http://www.metrumrg.com>.
MaintainerGregory R. Warnes <greg@warnes.net>
LicenseGPL-2
Version1.2.5
URL https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/r-gregmisc/
Package repositoryView on GitHub
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("warnes/fork")
warnes/fork documentation built on May 4, 2019, 12:59 a.m.