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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 13:05:28 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-17 12:38:14 -0400 |
| commit | ab5cfa317711a8419a06fbffc1e501b8986619d2 (patch) | |
| tree | b08fcedc207eca663ba0fd7ff4aeaab9b1c09f3d /system | |
| parent | 8fbbf2e0916b0c509b1628eae42936a5cae9811f (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-ab5cfa317711a8419a06fbffc1e501b8986619d2.tar.gz | |
system/xjobs: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | system/xjobs/README | 27 |
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diff --git a/system/xjobs/README b/system/xjobs/README index cc7ceb6124..f6fb6be14a 100644 --- a/system/xjobs/README +++ b/system/xjobs/README @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ -xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel. It -limits the number of parallel executing jobs and starts new jobs when jobs -finish. Therefore, it combines the arguments from every input line with the -utility and arguments given on the command line. If no utility is given as -an argument to xjobs, then the first argument on every job line will be used -as utility. To execute utility xjobs searches the directories given in the -PATH environment variable and uses the first file found in these directories. +xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in +parallel. It limits the number of parallel executing jobs and starts +new jobs when jobs finish. Therefore, it combines the arguments from +every input line with the utility and arguments given on the command +line. If no utility is given as an argument to xjobs, then the first +argument on every job line will be used as utility. To execute utility +xjobs searches the directories given in the PATH environment variable +and uses the first file found in these directories. -xjobs is most useful on multiprocessor machines when one needs to execute -several time consuming commands that could possibly be run in parallel. With -xjobs this can be achieved easily, and it is possible to limit the load of -the machine to a useful value. It works similar to xargs, but starts several -processes simultaneously and gives only one line of arguments to each utility -call. +xjobs is most useful on multiprocessor machines when one needs to +execute several time consuming commands that could possibly be run in +parallel. With xjobs this can be achieved easily, and it is possible +to limit the load of the machine to a useful value. It works similar +to xargs, but starts several processes simultaneously and gives only +one line of arguments to each utility call. |