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flock

Process Synchronization Using File Locks

v0.7 · Nov 12, 2016 · Apache License 2.0

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Implements synchronization between R processes (spawned by using the "parallel" package for instance) using file locks. Supports both exclusive and shared locking.

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Maintainer: ‘Ivan Popivanov <ivan.popivanov@gmail.com>’

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Maintainer: ‘Ivan Popivanov <ivan.popivanov@gmail.com>’

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compiled code

File ‘flock/libs/flock.so’:
  Found no calls to: ‘R_registerRoutines’, ‘R_useDynamicSymbols’

It is good practice to register native routines and to disable symbol
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See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
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compiled code

File ‘flock/libs/flock.so’:
  Found no calls to: ‘R_registerRoutines’, ‘R_useDynamicSymbols’

It is good practice to register native routines and to disable symbol
search.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
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CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Ivan Popivanov <ivan.popivanov@gmail.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: person(given = "Ivan",
                    family = "Popivanov",
                    role = c("aut", "cre"),
                    email = "ivan.popivanov@gmail.com")
as necessary.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Ivan Popivanov <ivan.popivanov@gmail.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: person(given = "Ivan",
                    family = "Popivanov",
                    role = c("aut", "cre"),
                    email = "ivan.popivanov@gmail.com")
as necessary.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

compiled code

File ‘flock/libs/flock.so’:
  Found no calls to: ‘R_registerRoutines’, ‘R_useDynamicSymbols’

It is good practice to register native routines and to disable symbol
search.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘flock/libs/flock.so’:
  Found no calls to: ‘R_registerRoutines’, ‘R_useDynamicSymbols’

It is good practice to register native routines and to disable symbol
search.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.

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new 0.7 Mar 10, 2026