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SHLIB {base}R Documentation

Build Shared Library for Dynamic Loading

Description

Compile given source files using R CMD COMPILE, and then link all specified object files into a shared library which can be loaded into R using dyn.load or library.dynam.

Usage

R CMD SHLIB [options] [-o libname] files

Arguments

files

a list specifying the object files to be included in the shared library. You can also include the name of source files, for which the object files are automagically made from their sources.

libname

the full name of the shared library to be built, including the extension (typically ‘.so’ on Unix systems). If not given, the name of the library is taken from the first file.

options

Further options to control the processing, or for obtaining information about usage and version of the utility.

See Also

COMPILE, dyn.load, library.dynam


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