If i understand correctly you mean to write the line as below: foreach(icount(itr),.combine=combine,.options.smp=smpopts,.packages='MASS')%dopar% -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/help-with-parallel-processing-code-tp3944303p3945954.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.