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SHLIB {utils}R Documentation

Build a DLL for Dynamic Loading

Description

The given source files are first compiled. All specified object files are then linked into a shared library which can be loaded into R using dyn.load or library.dynam.

Usage

R CMD SHLIB [-o dllname] files

Arguments

files

a list of names of (typically) source files to be compiled and included in the library. You can also include the names of object files which are automagically made from their sources.

dllname

the full name of the shared library to be built, including the extension ‘.dll’. If not given, the name of the DLL is taken from the first source file.

Details

To use SHILB you need to have installed (from the R installer) the files for compiling source packages and the tools described in the file ‘readme.packages’ in the top directory of the R installation.

See Also

dyn.load, library.dynam


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