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. Commercial support for this package available from Random Technologies, LLC <http://www.random-technologies-llc.com>

Version: 1.2.2
OS_type: unix
Published: 2009-05-10
Author: Gregory R. Warnes. Financial support for some aspects of this package provided by Metrum Research Group, LLC <http://www.metrumrg.com>.
Maintainer: Gregory R. Warnes <greg at random-technologies-llc.com>
License: GPL-2
In views: HighPerformanceComputing
CRAN checks: fork results

Downloads:

Package source: fork_1.2.2.tar.gz
MacOS X binary: fork_1.2.2.tgz
Windows binary: not available, see ReadMe.
Reference manual: fork.pdf
News/ChangeLog:NEWS ChangeLog
Old sources: fork archive