Check whether or not the cluster nodes are alive
isNodeAlive(x, ...)A logical vector of length length(x) with values
FALSE, TRUE, and NA. If it can be established that the
process for a cluster node is running, then TRUE is returned.
If it does not run, then FALSE is returned.
If neither can be inferred, or it times out, then NA is returned.
This function works by checking whether the cluster node process is
running or not. This is done by querying the system for its process
ID (PID), which is registered by makeClusterPSOCK() when the node
starts. If the PID is not known, the NA is returned.
On Unix and macOS, the PID is queried using tools::pskill() with
fallback to system("ps"). On MS Windows, system2("tasklist") is used,
which may take a long time if there are a lot of processes running.
For details, see the internal pid_exists() function.
Use parallel::stopCluster() to shut down cluster nodes.
If that's not sufficient, killNode() may be attempted.
# \donttest{
cl <- makeClusterPSOCK(2)
## Check if cluster node #2 is alive
print(isNodeAlive(cl[[2]]))
#> [1] TRUE
## Check all nodes
print(isNodeAlive(cl))
#> [1] TRUE TRUE
# }