[R-sig-Geo] closeAllConnections() in spgrass6. Side effect?

[jgarcia at ija.csic.es]

Hi Roger,
Just to confirm that everything goes OK.
Thanks again,
Javier
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> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, jgarcia at ija.csic.es wrote:
>
>> Hi Roger and the others,
>>
>> I've noticed that readRAST6() uses closeAllConnection(), as it is trying
>> to close a raw "socket" type connection I had opened for parallel
>> processing (snow package).
>>
>> Isn't this a side effect and perhaps closeAllConnection() should be
>> replaced here by any other alternative?
>>
>> Thanks (also for the package) and best regards,
>
> Javier,
>
> Could you try a change in the package source from sourceforge, check out
> the CVS source from:
>
> cvs -z3 \
> -d:pserver:anonymous at r-spatial.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/r-spatial co \
> -P spgrass6
>
> I've added a flag to permit the call to closeAllConnections() to be
> avoided; you would use close_OK=FALSE. For most users it is still needed,
> as the number of connections opened in trying to guess what the GDAL GRASS
> plugin needs is not well-specified.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Roger
>
>> Javier
>>
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