Re: [Rd] fork package problem

2006-12-15 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 08:30:05AM -0500, billk01 wrote: > I have been using the fork package on a cluster to spawn jobs. I have > noticed that I end up with many "R defunct" (zombie) processes following > the use of fork that do not die completely until I close down R. > Initially, I thought

Re: [Rd] fork package problem

2006-12-15 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 12/15/2006 8:30 AM, billk01 wrote: > I have been using the fork package on a cluster to spawn jobs. I have > noticed that I end up with many "R defunct" (zombie) processes following > the use of fork that do not die completely until I close down R. > Initially, I thought it may be my code b

[Rd] fork package problem

2006-12-15 Thread billk01
I have been using the fork package on a cluster to spawn jobs. I have noticed that I end up with many "R defunct" (zombie) processes following the use of fork that do not die completely until I close down R. Initially, I thought it may be my code but I ran the example from the latest fork pac