Dequeue package for (potentially parallel) reverse-dependency check
dequeueJobs(package, directory, exclude = NULL, date = format(Sys.Date()))dequeueDepends(package, directory)
A queue is create as a side effect, its elements are returned invisibly
A character variable denoting a package
A character variable denoting a directory for the queuefile
An optional character variable denoting an exclusion set csv file.
Optional character variable describing a date (as part of the queue file, default is current date.
Dirk Eddelbuettel
This function consumes previously enqueued jobs for reverse dependency checks. It is set up in such a way that multiple distinct and independent process can run checks in parallel without effecting each other. If the underlying queue file is on a network drive, this should may also work across multiple machines.