Blcr (berkeley lab checkpoint/restart) allows programs running on linux to be "checkpointed" (written entirely to a file), and then later "restarted".

blcr can checkpoint both single- and multithreaded (pthreads) programs linked with the nptl implementation of pthreads. blcr is also able to save and restore groups of related processes together with the pipes that connect them.

blcr can checkpoint and restore (most) un-modified programs, however blcr aware applications can customise this process further.

this package contains headers and files needed to compile applications that work with blcr.