From 2a5bd78fdce41ae97131d7642a4214f50113cc78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Williams <craig@avsdev.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:01:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

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+```js
+const threads = require('worker_threads')
+const child_process = require('child_process')
+
+// Worker task info
+/* maxParallel: [0,1,n] 0 = auto (usually nproc), 1 = single instance,
+ *                      n = max 'n' instances
+ * shareParallel: [true/false] indicates if the worker can be run in parallel
+ *                             with other workers.
+ * usesGPU: [true/false] indicates if the worker requires the GPU
+ */
+const taskInfo = {
+  maxParallel: 0,
+  shareParallel: true,
+  usesGPU: true
+}
+
+// The task to be run
+const task = function() {
+  threads.parentPort.postMessage('Running R worker')
+
+  const scenId = threads.workerData.id
+
+  const rWorker = child_process.exec('/usr/bin/R ' + [
+    '--vanilla',
+    '--quiet',
+    '-e',
+    '"source(\'coreScript.R\'); res <- runEllis(' + scenId + ',T,T); q(status = res)"'
+  ].join(" "), {
+    cwd: '../EllisCalc'
+  })
+  // TODO: provide a way of clearing stdout/stderr
+  rWorker.stdout.pipe(process.stdout)
+  rWorker.stderr.pipe(process.stderr)
+
+  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    rWorker.on('close', (code) => {
+      threads.parentPort.postMessage('Worker finished')
+      process.exit(code)
+      resolve(code)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+if (!module.parent) {
+  if (!threads.isMainThread) {
+    task()
+  }
+} else {
+  module.exports = taskInfo
+  module.task = task
+}
+
+```
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