gaggleInit              package:gaggle              R Documentation

_I_n_i_t_i_a_l_i_z_e _t_h_e _R _G_o_o_s_e, _r_e_g_i_s_t_e_r_i_n_g _w_i_t_h _t_h_e _G_a_g_g_l_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Call this function to register the R Goose with an already-running
     Gaggle Boss; this makes all subsequent communication possible. 
     This function call will fail if a boss is not running. By default,
     this function looks for, and registers with, a boss on your
     current computer ('localhost').   Alternatively, you may supply
     the name of another computer where a boss is running.(See warning,
     below, about avoiding fully-qualified names.) This is useful if
     you wish to run R on a remote compute  server (perhaps with extra
     memory and speed), and connect it  to a gaggle running on your
     desktop.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     gaggleInit (bossHost = 'localhost')

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

bossHost: the computer ('host') on which your GaggleBoss is running.
          _For some mysterious reason, in my testing I have found that 
          the hostname must NOT be fully qualified.  Simple, single 
          names like 'trickster'and 'hazel' work reliably, but their
          fully-qualified counterparts - 'trickster.systemsbiology.org'
          and 'hazel.systemsbiology.net' - do not._

_V_a_l_u_e:

     Returns NULL.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'broadcast'. 'getNameList'. 'getMatrix'. 'getNetwork'.
     'getCluster'. 'getHashMap'.

