How to recognize and kill all threads started in R session

Question

Sometimes threads are started by R package (eg in doRedis , see related code ). Is there a way how can I list threads spawned within current R session and kill these threads within R? Or can I recognize and kill them in Windows task list?

I am using Rgui in Windows XP.

Answer 1

In the command prompt window of Windows, try:

taskkill /F /IM processname.exe

to kill all processes with that name. If you have multiple processes with a slightly different name, you can use a wildcard:

taskkill /F /IM partialname*