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diff --git a/system/xjobs/README b/system/xjobs/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cc7ceb6124 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/xjobs/README @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +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. |