[R-sig-hpc] Overwriting library functions

[Lockwood, Glenn]

Phil,

The ClusterEvalQ function is usually used to execute commands (e.g., load libraries, configure parameters) on all remote nodes.  Have you tried this?

Glenn

On Aug 13, 2013, at 1:32 AM, "Novack-Gottshall, Philip M." <pnovack-gottshall at ben.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using a package that is still being updated to address unintuitive 
> issues. (The package developer sent me a temporary function fix until
> the next release.) Normally (when running on a single CPU), I call
> reassignInPackage() to over-write the pre-set package function.
> 
> But it doesn't seem that the over-write is sent to the clusters (I 
> usually use SNOW and snowfall) when I export the package. Can anyone 
> recommend a method to reassign a function in a library so that it can be 
> called properly on the workers?
> 
> Thanks,
> Phil
> 
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