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onGarbageCollect {R.utils} | R Documentation

## Registers a function to be called when the R garbage collector is (detected to be) running

### Description

Registers a function to be called when the R garbage collector is (detected to be) running.

### Usage

    ## Default S3 method:
    onGarbageCollect(fcn, action=c("prepend", "append", "replace"), ...)

### Arguments

`fcn` | A `function` to be called without argument.
`action` | A `character` string specifying how the hook function is added to list of hooks.
`...` | Not used.

### Value

Returns (invisibly) the hooks successfully called.

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

### Examples

    ## Not run:
      onGarbageCollect(function(...) {
        message("The R garbage collector is running!")
      })

    ## End(Not run)

[Package R.utils version 2.7.0 Index]