R functions for handling multiple processes CRAN Task View: HighPerformanceComputing (http://CRAN.R-project.org/view=HighPerformanceComputing) 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. Software Gregory R. Warnes <greg@warnes.net> Gregory R. Warnes <greg@random-technologies-llc.com>. Financial support for some aspects of this package provided by Metrum Research Group, LLC <http://www.metrumrg.com>. GPL-2 2011-09-02 application/tgz http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=fork