E.g., as in a package containing just the following R code:
$ cat testFinalizer/R/zzz.R
envir <- new.env()
cleanup <- function(e) {
message("cleanup(", format(e), ")")
if (!isTRUE(envir$cleaned)) {
message(" cleaning ", format(e))
envir$cleaned <- TRUE
} else {
# cleanup previously called by .onUnload()
message(" ", format(e), " has already been cleaned")
}
}
.onLoad <- function(libname, pkgname) {
message("Loading ", pkgname, " from ", libname)
reg.finalizer(e=envir, f=cleanup, onexit=TRUE)
message("Installed finalizer for ", format(envir))
}
.onUnload <- function(libpath) {
message("Unloading ", libpath)
cleanup(envir)
}
This gives:
$ R --quiet
> library(testFinalizer,lib="lib")
Loading testFinalizer from /home/bill/packages/lib
Installed finalizer for <environment: 0x55a558b16120>
> detach("package:testFinalizer", unload=TRUE)
Unloading /home/bill/packages/lib/testFinalizer
cleanup(<environment: 0x55a558b16120>)
cleaning <environment: 0x55a558b16120>
> q("no")
cleanup(<environment: 0x55a558b16120>)
<environment: 0x55a558b16120> has already been cleaned
$ R --quiet
> library(testFinalizer, lib="lib")
Loading testFinalizer from /home/bill/packages/lib
Installed finalizer for <environment: 0x55f8dac2d598>
> objects(all=TRUE)
character(0)
> q("no")
cleanup(<environment: 0x55f8dac2d598>)
cleaning <environment: 0x55f8dac2d598>
On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 7:39 AM Bill Dunlap <williamwdun...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Have you tried using reg.finalizer(..., onexit=TRUE)?
>
> -BIll
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 7:29 AM Jiefei Wang <szwj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking for a way to clean up my package resources before R is ended.
>> It looks like the .onUnload function would not be helpful as it would not
>> be called before R is ended. This behavior has been described in the
>> document:
>>
>> *Note that packages are not detached nor namespaces unloaded at the end of
>> an R session unless the user arranges to do so (e.g., via .Last).*
>>
>> I have also searched for ?.Last as the document says. However, the .Last
>> function is for the end user to use, not for the package developers, so I
>> am clueless now. How to clean up my package before R ends? Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> Best,
>> Jiefei
>>
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