Released as 20140122 ('Opportunity').

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,37 @@
+20140122
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: On the likelihood of multiple bit upsets
+  in logic circuits
+  http://arxiv-web3.library.cornell.edu/pdf/1401.1003
+
+* HaploClique uses GNU Parallel
+  https://github.com/armintoepfer/haploclique
+
+* Scraping NSScreencast
+  https://blog.nicolai86.eu/posts/2014-01-12/scraping-nsscreencast/
+
+* 30 Cool Open Source Software I Discovered in 2013
+  http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/
+
+* [Unix] 13. The power of doing things in Parallel
+  http://leetaey.tistory.com/384
+
+* Parallel the execution of a job that read from stdin
+  http://www.linuxask.com/questions/parallel-the-execution-of-a-job-that-read-from-stdin
+
+* Mon Make à moi (6:38-11:50)
+  http://videos.rennes.inria.fr/ReNaBI-GO2013/indexPierreLindenbaum.html
+
+* Shell-Abarbeitung beschleunigen: Wie Sie mit parallelen Prozesse
+  effizienter in der Shell arbeiten
+  https://www.hosteurope.ch/blog/shell-abarbeitung-beschleunigen-wie-sie-mit-parallelen-prozesse-effizienter-in-der-shell-arbeiten/
+
+* Summary of GNU Parallel tutorial
+  http://hacktracking.blogspot.dk/2014/01/gnu-parallel-tutorial.html
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+
 20131222
 
 * GNU Parallel now has a motto: For people who live life in the

README

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ document.
 
 Full installation of GNU Parallel is as simple as:
 
-  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20131222.tar.bz2
+  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20140122.tar.bz2
-  bzip2 -dc parallel-20131222.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+  bzip2 -dc parallel-20140122.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-  cd parallel-20131222
+  cd parallel-20140122
   ./configure && make && make install
 
 
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Full installation of GNU Parallel is as simple as:
 If you are not root you can add ~/bin to your path and install in
 ~/bin and ~/share:
 
-  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20131222.tar.bz2
+  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20140122.tar.bz2
-  bzip2 -dc parallel-20131222.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+  bzip2 -dc parallel-20140122.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-  cd parallel-20131222
+  cd parallel-20140122
   ./configure --prefix=$HOME && make && make install
 
 Or if your system lacks 'make' you can simply copy src/parallel

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20131222.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20140122.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='20131222'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='20140122'
-PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20131222'
+PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20140122'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-parallel@gnu.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures parallel 20131222 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures parallel 20140122 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20131222:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20140122:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-parallel configure 20131222
+parallel configure 20140122
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by parallel $as_me 20131222, which was
+It was created by parallel $as_me 20140122, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='parallel'
- VERSION='20131222'
+ VERSION='20140122'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20131222, which was
+This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20140122, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-parallel config.status 20131222
+parallel config.status 20140122
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([parallel], [20131222], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([parallel], [20140122], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([

doc/release_new_version

@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ Subject: GNU Parallel 20140122 ('Opportunity') released
 GNU Parallel 20140122 ('Opportunity') has been released. It is
 available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/
 
+No new functionality was introduced so this is a good candidate for a
+stable release.
+
 New in this release:
 
 * GNU Parallel was cited in: On the likelihood of multiple bit upsets
@@ -233,7 +236,8 @@ New in this release:
 * Mon Make à moi (6:38-11:50)
   http://videos.rennes.inria.fr/ReNaBI-GO2013/indexPierreLindenbaum.html
 
-* Shell-Abarbeitung beschleunigen: Wie Sie mit parallelen Prozesse effizienter in der Shell arbeiten
+* Shell-Abarbeitung beschleunigen: Wie Sie mit parallelen Prozesse
+  effizienter in der Shell arbeiten
   https://www.hosteurope.ch/blog/shell-abarbeitung-beschleunigen-wie-sie-mit-parallelen-prozesse-effizienter-in-der-shell-arbeiten/
 
 * Summary of GNU Parallel tutorial

packager/obs/home:tange/parallel/parallel.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:	Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
 Name: 		parallel
-Version: 	20131222
+Version: 	20140122
 Release: 	1
 License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Productivity/File utilities

src/niceload

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
 $Global::progname="niceload";
-$Global::version = 20131222;
+$Global::version = 20140122;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","require_order");
 get_options_from_array(\@ARGV) || die_usage();
 if($opt::version) {

src/parallel

@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
 sub parse_options {
     # Returns: N/A
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20140113;
+    $Global::version = 20140122;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
     $Global::debug = 0;

src/parallel.pod

@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ string that is not in the command line.
 See also: B<:::>.
 
 
-=item B<--bar> (beta testing)
+=item B<--bar>
 
 Show progress as a progress bar. In the bar is shown: % of jobs
 completed, estimated seconds left, and number of jobs started.
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ It is compatible with B<zenity>:
 seq 1000 | parallel -j30 --bar '(echo {};sleep 0.1)' 2> >(zenity --progress --auto-kill) | wc
 
 
-=item B<--basefile> I<file> (beta testing)
+=item B<--basefile> I<file>
 
-=item B<--bf> I<file> (beta testing)
+=item B<--bf> I<file>
 
 I<file> will be transferred to each sshlogin before a jobs is
 started. It will be removed if B<--cleanup> is active. The file may be
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ See also: B<--fg>, B<man sem>.
 Implies B<--semaphore>.
 
 
-=item B<--bibtex> (beta testing)
+=item B<--bibtex>
 
 Print the BibTeX entry for GNU B<parallel> and disable citation
 notice.
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ I<size> defaults to 1M.
 See B<--pipe> for use of this.
 
 
-=item B<--cleanup> (beta testing)
+=item B<--cleanup>
 
 Remove transferred files. B<--cleanup> will remove the transferred files
 on the remote computer after processing is done.
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ I<regexp> is a Perl Regular Expression:
 http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
 
 
-=item B<--compress> (beta testing)
+=item B<--compress>
 
 Compress temporary files. If the output is big and very compressible
 this will take up less disk space in $TMPDIR and possibly be faster due to less
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ B<plzip>, B<bzip2>, B<lzma>, B<lzip>, B<xz> in that order, and use the
 first available.
 
 
-=item B<--compress-program> I<prg> (beta testing)
+=item B<--compress-program> I<prg>
 
 Use I<prg> for compressing temporary files. It is assumed that I<prg
 -dc> will decompress stdin (standard input) to stdout (standard
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ See also B<--bg>, B<man sem>.
 Implies B<--semaphore>.
 
 
-=item B<--filter-hosts> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--filter-hosts> (beta testing)
 
 Remove down hosts. For each remote host: check that login through ssh
 works. If not: do not use this host.
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ specified, and for B<-I>{} otherwise.  This option is deprecated;
 use B<-I> instead.
 
 
-=item B<--joblog> I<logfile> (beta testing)
+=item B<--joblog> I<logfile>
 
 Logfile for executed jobs. Save a list of the executed jobs to
 I<logfile> in the following TAB separated format: sequence number,
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ This is useful for scripts that depend on features only available from
 a certain version of GNU B<parallel>.
 
 
-=item B<--nonall> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--nonall> (beta testing)
 
 B<--onall> with no arguments. Run the command on all computers given
 with B<--sshlogin> but take no arguments. GNU B<parallel> will log
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ This is useful for running the same command (e.g. uptime) on a list of
 servers.
 
 
-=item B<--onall> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--onall> (beta testing)
 
 Run all the jobs on all computers given with B<--sshlogin>. GNU
 B<parallel> will log into B<--jobs> number of computers in parallel
@@ -836,11 +836,11 @@ When using B<--group> the output will be grouped by each server, so
 all the output from one server will be grouped together.
 
 
-=item B<--output-as-files> (beta testing)
+=item B<--output-as-files>
 
-=item B<--outputasfiles> (beta testing)
+=item B<--outputasfiles>
 
-=item B<--files> (beta testing)
+=item B<--files>
 
 Instead of printing the output to stdout (standard output) the output
 of each job is saved in a file and the filename is then printed.
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ Print the number of CPU cores and exit (used by GNU B<parallel> itself
 to determine the number of CPU cores on remote computers).
 
 
-=item B<--no-notice> (beta testing)
+=item B<--no-notice>
 
 Do not display citation notice. A citation notice is printed on stderr
 (standard error) only if stderr (standard error) is a terminal, the
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ will generate the files:
 See also B<--files>, B<--header>, B<--joblog>.
 
 
-=item B<--resume> (beta testing)
+=item B<--resume>
 
 Resumes from the last unfinished job. By reading B<--joblog> or the
 B<--results> dir GNU B<parallel> will figure out the last unfinished
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ re-use the computers. This is useful if some jobs fail for no apparent
 reason (such as network failure).
 
 
-=item B<--return> I<filename> (beta testing)
+=item B<--return> I<filename>
 
 Transfer files from remote computers. B<--return> is used with
 B<--sshlogin> when the arguments are files on the remote computers. When
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ Print the job to be run on stderr (standard error).
 See also B<-v>, B<-p>.
 
 
-=item B<--transfer> (beta testing)
+=item B<--transfer>
 
 Transfer files to remote computers. B<--transfer> is used with
 B<--sshlogin> when the arguments are files and should be transferred
@@ -1606,9 +1606,9 @@ Use B<-v> B<-v> to print the wrapping ssh command when running remotely.
 Print the version GNU B<parallel> and exit.
 
 
-=item B<--workdir> I<mydir> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--workdir> I<mydir> (beta testing)
 
-=item B<--wd> I<mydir> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--wd> I<mydir> (beta testing)
 
 Files transferred using B<--transfer> and B<--return> will be relative
 to I<mydir> on remote computers, and the command will be executed in

src/parallel.texi

@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ string that is not in the command line.
 
 See also: @strong{:::}.
 
-@item @strong{--bar} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--bar}
-@anchor{@strong{--bar} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--bar}}
 
 Show progress as a progress bar. In the bar is shown: % of jobs
 completed, estimated seconds left, and number of jobs started.
@@ -332,11 +332,11 @@ It is compatible with @strong{zenity}:
 
 seq 1000 | parallel -j30 --bar '(echo @{@};sleep 0.1)' 2> >(zenity --progress --auto-kill) | wc
 
-@item @strong{--basefile} @emph{file} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--basefile} @emph{file}
-@anchor{@strong{--basefile} @emph{file} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--basefile} @emph{file}}
 
-@item @strong{--bf} @emph{file} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--bf} @emph{file}
-@anchor{@strong{--bf} @emph{file} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--bf} @emph{file}}
 
 @emph{file} will be transferred to each sshlogin before a jobs is
 started. It will be removed if @strong{--cleanup} is active. The file may be
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ See also: @strong{--fg}, @strong{man sem}.
 
 Implies @strong{--semaphore}.
 
-@item @strong{--bibtex} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--bibtex}
-@anchor{@strong{--bibtex} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--bibtex}}
 
 Print the BibTeX entry for GNU @strong{parallel} and disable citation
 notice.
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ than a single record.
 
 See @strong{--pipe} for use of this.
 
-@item @strong{--cleanup} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--cleanup}
-@anchor{@strong{--cleanup} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--cleanup}}
 
 Remove transferred files. @strong{--cleanup} will remove the transferred files
 on the remote computer after processing is done.
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ separating the columns. The n'th column can be access using
 @emph{regexp} is a Perl Regular Expression:
 http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
 
-@item @strong{--compress} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--compress}
-@anchor{@strong{--compress} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--compress}}
 
 Compress temporary files. If the output is big and very compressible
 this will take up less disk space in $TMPDIR and possibly be faster due to less
@@ -445,8 +445,8 @@ GNU @strong{parallel} will try @strong{lzop}, @strong{pigz}, @strong{gzip}, @str
 @strong{plzip}, @strong{bzip2}, @strong{lzma}, @strong{lzip}, @strong{xz} in that order, and use the
 first available.
 
-@item @strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg}
-@anchor{@strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg}}
 
 Use @emph{prg} for compressing temporary files. It is assumed that @emph{prg
 -dc} will decompress stdin (standard input) to stdout (standard
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ See also @strong{--bg}, @strong{man sem}.
 
 Implies @strong{--semaphore}.
 
-@item @strong{--filter-hosts} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--filter-hosts} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--filter-hosts} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--filter-hosts} (beta testing)}
 
 Remove down hosts. For each remote host: check that login through ssh
 works. If not: do not use this host.
@@ -645,8 +645,8 @@ This option is a synonym for @strong{-I}@emph{replace-str} if @emph{replace-str}
 specified, and for @strong{-I}@{@} otherwise.  This option is deprecated;
 use @strong{-I} instead.
 
-@item @strong{--joblog} @emph{logfile} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--joblog} @emph{logfile}
-@anchor{@strong{--joblog} @emph{logfile} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--joblog} @emph{logfile}}
 
 Logfile for executed jobs. Save a list of the executed jobs to
 @emph{logfile} in the following TAB separated format: sequence number,
@@ -864,8 +864,8 @@ GNU @strong{parallel} is less than @emph{version} the exit code is
 This is useful for scripts that depend on features only available from
 a certain version of GNU @strong{parallel}.
 
-@item @strong{--nonall} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--nonall} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--nonall} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--nonall} (beta testing)}
 
 @strong{--onall} with no arguments. Run the command on all computers given
 with @strong{--sshlogin} but take no arguments. GNU @strong{parallel} will log
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@ computer. @strong{-j} adjusts how many computers to log into in parallel.
 This is useful for running the same command (e.g. uptime) on a list of
 servers.
 
-@item @strong{--onall} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--onall} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--onall} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--onall} (beta testing)}
 
 Run all the jobs on all computers given with @strong{--sshlogin}. GNU
 @strong{parallel} will log into @strong{--jobs} number of computers in parallel
@@ -887,14 +887,14 @@ adjusts how many computers to log into in parallel.
 When using @strong{--group} the output will be grouped by each server, so
 all the output from one server will be grouped together.
 
-@item @strong{--output-as-files} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--output-as-files}
-@anchor{@strong{--output-as-files} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--output-as-files}}
 
-@item @strong{--outputasfiles} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--outputasfiles}
-@anchor{@strong{--outputasfiles} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--outputasfiles}}
 
-@item @strong{--files} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--files}
-@anchor{@strong{--files} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--files}}
 
 Instead of printing the output to stdout (standard output) the output
 of each job is saved in a file and the filename is then printed.
@@ -1009,8 +1009,8 @@ itself to determine the number of physical CPUs on remote computers).
 Print the number of CPU cores and exit (used by GNU @strong{parallel} itself
 to determine the number of CPU cores on remote computers).
 
-@item @strong{--no-notice} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--no-notice}
-@anchor{@strong{--no-notice} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--no-notice}}
 
 Do not display citation notice. A citation notice is printed on stderr
 (standard error) only if stderr (standard error) is a terminal, the
@@ -1178,8 +1178,8 @@ will generate the files:
 
 See also @strong{--files}, @strong{--header}, @strong{--joblog}.
 
-@item @strong{--resume} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--resume}
-@anchor{@strong{--resume} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--resume}}
 
 Resumes from the last unfinished job. By reading @strong{--joblog} or the
 @strong{--results} dir GNU @strong{parallel} will figure out the last unfinished
@@ -1211,8 +1211,8 @@ there are fewer than @emph{n} computers in @strong{--sshlogin} GNU @strong{paral
 re-use the computers. This is useful if some jobs fail for no apparent
 reason (such as network failure).
 
-@item @strong{--return} @emph{filename} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--return} @emph{filename}
-@anchor{@strong{--return} @emph{filename} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--return} @emph{filename}}
 
 Transfer files from remote computers. @strong{--return} is used with
 @strong{--sshlogin} when the arguments are files on the remote computers. When
@@ -1596,8 +1596,8 @@ Print the job to be run on stderr (standard error).
 
 See also @strong{-v}, @strong{-p}.
 
-@item @strong{--transfer} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--transfer}
-@anchor{@strong{--transfer} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--transfer}}
 
 Transfer files to remote computers. @strong{--transfer} is used with
 @strong{--sshlogin} when the arguments are files and should be transferred
@@ -1720,11 +1720,11 @@ Use @strong{-v} @strong{-v} to print the wrapping ssh command when running remot
 
 Print the version GNU @strong{parallel} and exit.
 
-@item @strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)}
 
-@item @strong{--wd} @emph{mydir} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--wd} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--wd} @emph{mydir} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--wd} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)}
 
 Files transferred using @strong{--transfer} and @strong{--return} will be relative
 to @emph{mydir} on remote computers, and the command will be executed in

src/parallel_tutorial.1

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1"
-.TH PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1 "2014-01-14" "20131222" "parallel"
+.TH PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1 "2014-01-14" "20140122" "parallel"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l

src/sql

@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ $Global::Initfile && unlink $Global::Initfile;
 exit ($err);
 
 sub parse_options {
-    $Global::version = 20131222;
+    $Global::version = 20140122;
     $Global::progname = 'sql';
 
     # This must be done first as this may exec myself