Released as 20130622 ('Snowden').

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+20130622
+
+* --xapply now recycles arguments if an input source has more
+  arguments than others.
+
+* The sleep time between jobs is now both increased and decreased
+  exponentially.
+
+* 10 seconds installation check the signature using GnuPG if GnuPG is
+  installed.
+
+* Developer job asking for GNU Parallel expertise.
+  http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/35562/developer-big-data-geo-and-web-climate-central
+
+* A small utility program to run youtube-dl in parallel.
+  https://github.com/dlh/youtube-dl-parallel
+
+* Parallelizing Freesurfer:
+  http://blog.cogneurostats.com/?p=148
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+
 20130522
 
 * --ctrlc is now default if --pipe is not used; thus making it

README

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ document.
 
 Full installation of GNU Parallel is as simple as:
 
-  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20130522.tar.bz2
+  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20130622.tar.bz2
-  bzip2 -dc parallel-20130522.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+  bzip2 -dc parallel-20130622.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-  cd parallel-20130522
+  cd parallel-20130622
   ./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-20130522.tar.bz2
+  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20130622.tar.bz2
-  bzip2 -dc parallel-20130522.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+  bzip2 -dc parallel-20130622.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-  cd parallel-20130522
+  cd parallel-20130622
   ./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 2.68 for parallel 20130522.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for parallel 20130622.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='20130522'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='20130622'
-PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20130522'
+PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20130622'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-parallel@gnu.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ 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 20130522 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures parallel 20130622 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20130522:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20130622:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-parallel configure 20130522
+parallel configure 20130622
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ 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 20130522, which was
+It was created by parallel $as_me 20130622, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='parallel'
- VERSION='20130522'
+ VERSION='20130622'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2704,7 +2704,7 @@ 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 20130522, which was
+This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20130622, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2766,7 +2766,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$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 20130522
+parallel config.status 20130622
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([parallel], [20130522], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([parallel], [20130622], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([

doc/parallel.directive

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 replace: true
-version: 1.1
+version: 1.2
 directory: parallel
 filename: parallel-20100424.tar.bz2
 symlink: parallel-20100424.tar.bz2 parallel-latest.tar.bz2

doc/release_new_version

@@ -183,21 +183,32 @@ cc:Sandro Cazzaniga <kharec@mandriva.org>,
    Ryoichiro Suzuki <ryoichiro.suzuki@gmail.com>,
    Jesse Alama <jesse.alama@gmail.com>
 
-Subject: GNU Parallel 20130622 ('') released
+Subject: GNU Parallel 20130622 ('Snowden') released
 
-GNU Parallel 20130622 ('') has been released. It is
+GNU Parallel 20130622 ('Snowden') has been released. It is
 available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/
 
-The changes for this release has been in the core of the code, so this
+Very few changes so this can be considered a stable release.
-release should be considered beta quality.
 
 New in this release:
 
-* Developer job asking for GNU Parallel expertise:
+* --xapply now recycles arguments if an input source has more
+  arguments than others.
+
+* The sleep time between jobs is now both increased and decreased
+  exponentially.
+
+* 10 seconds installation check the signature using GnuPG if GnuPG is
+  installed.
+
+* Developer job asking for GNU Parallel expertise.
   http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/35562/developer-big-data-geo-and-web-climate-central
 
-https://github.com/dlh/youtube-dl-parallel
+* A small utility program to run youtube-dl in parallel.
-http://blog.cogneurostats.com/?p=148
+  https://github.com/dlh/youtube-dl-parallel
+
+* Parallelizing Freesurfer:
+  http://blog.cogneurostats.com/?p=148
 
 * Bug fixes and man page updates.
 

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:	Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
 Name: 		parallel
-Version: 	20130522
+Version: 	20130622
 Release: 	1
 License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Productivity/File utilities

src/niceload

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
 $Global::progname="niceload";
-$Global::version = 20130522;
+$Global::version = 20130622;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","require_order");
 get_options_from_array(\@ARGV) || die_usage();
 if($opt::version) {

src/parallel

@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
 sub parse_options {
     # Returns: N/A
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20130606;
+    $Global::version = 20130622;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
     $Global::debug = 0;
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ sub parse_options {
     }
     if($opt::tollef and not $opt::gnu and not $opt::plain) {
 	# Behave like tollef parallel (from moreutils)
-	if($Global::version > 20130522) {
+	if($Global::version > 20130622) {
 	    ::error("--tollef has been retired. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2013-02/msg00018.html\n");
 	    ::wait_and_exit(255);
 	}
@@ -5311,12 +5311,13 @@ sub xapply_get {
     my $empty = 1;
     for my $fh (@{$self->{'fhs'}}) {
 	my $arg = read_arg_from_fh($fh);
+	if(defined $arg) {
 	    # Record $arg for recycling at end of file
 	    push @{$self->{'arg_matrix'}{$fh}}, $arg;
-	if(defined $arg) {
 	    push @record, $arg;
 	    $empty = 0;
 	} else {
+	    ::debug("EOA");
 	    # End of file: Recycle arguments
 	    push @{$self->{'arg_matrix'}{$fh}}, shift @{$self->{'arg_matrix'}{$fh}};
 	    # return last @{$args->{'args'}{$fh}};

src/parallel.pod

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ The replacement string B<{#}> can be changed with B<--seqreplace>.
 To understand replacement strings see B<{}>.
 
 
-=item B<{>I<n>B<}> (beta testing)
+=item B<{>I<n>B<}>
 
 Argument from input source I<n> or the I<n>'th argument. This
 positional replacement string will be replaced by the input from input
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ I<n>'th last argument.
 To understand replacement strings see B<{}>.
 
 
-=item B<{>I<n>.B<}> (beta testing)
+=item B<{>I<n>.B<}>
 
 Argument from input source I<n> or the I<n>'th argument without
 extension. It is a combination of B<{>I<n>B<}> and B<{.}>.
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ extension removed.
 To understand positional replacement strings see B<{>I<n>B<}>.
 
 
-=item B<{>I<n>/B<}> (beta testing)
+=item B<{>I<n>/B<}>
 
 Basename of argument from input source I<n> or the I<n>'th argument.
 It is a combination of B<{>I<n>B<}> and B<{/}>.
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ directory (if any) removed.
 To understand positional replacement strings see B<{>I<n>B<}>.
 
 
-=item B<{>I<n>//B<}> (beta testing)
+=item B<{>I<n>//B<}>
 
 Dirname of argument from input source I<n> or the I<n>'th argument.
 It is a combination of B<{>I<n>B<}> and B<{//}>.
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ the I<n>'th argument (when used with B<-N>). See B<dirname>(1).
 To understand positional replacement strings see B<{>I<n>B<}>.
 
 
-=item B<{>I<n>/.B<}> (beta testing)
+=item B<{>I<n>/.B<}>
 
 Basename of argument from input source I<n> or the I<n>'th argument
 without extension.  It is a combination of B<{>I<n>B<}>, B<{/}>, and
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ 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.
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ I<regexp> is a Perl Regular Expression:
 http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
 
 
-=item B<--ctrlc> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--ctrlc> (beta testing)
 
 Sends SIGINT to tasks running on remote computers thus killing them.
 
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ B<-l 0> is an alias for B<-l 1>.
 Implies B<-X> unless B<-m>, B<--xargs>, or B<--pipe> is set.
 
 
-=item B<--load> I<max-load> (beta testing)
+=item B<--load> I<max-load>
 
 Do not start new jobs on a given computer unless the number of running
 processes on the computer is less than I<max-load>. I<max-load> uses
@@ -789,9 +789,9 @@ 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.
 
 
-=item B<--pipe> (beta testing)
+=item B<--pipe>
 
-=item B<--spreadstdin> (beta testing)
+=item B<--spreadstdin>
 
 Spread input to jobs on stdin (standard input). Read a block of data
 from stdin (standard input) and give one block of data as input to one
@@ -840,9 +840,9 @@ B<--progress> on a running GNU B<parallel> process.
 See also: B<--eta>
 
 
-=item B<--max-args>=I<max-args> (beta testing)
+=item B<--max-args>=I<max-args>
 
-=item B<-n> I<max-args> (beta testing)
+=item B<-n> I<max-args>
 
 Use at most I<max-args> arguments per command line.  Fewer than
 I<max-args> arguments will be used if the size (see the B<-s> option)
@@ -855,9 +855,9 @@ line.
 Implies B<-X> unless B<-m> is set.
 
 
-=item B<--max-replace-args>=I<max-args> (beta testing)
+=item B<--max-replace-args>=I<max-args>
 
-=item B<-N> I<max-args> (beta testing)
+=item B<-N> I<max-args>
 
 Use at most I<max-args> arguments per command line. Like B<-n> but
 also makes replacement strings B<{1}> .. B<{>I<max-args>B<}> that
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ 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
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ Do not use the first line of input (used by GNU B<parallel> itself
 when called with B<--shebang>).
 
 
-=item B<--sshdelay> I<secs> (beta testing)
+=item B<--sshdelay> I<secs>
 
 Delay starting next ssh by I<secs> seconds. GNU B<parallel> will pause
 I<secs> seconds after starting each ssh. I<secs> can be less than 1
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ different dir for the files. Setting B<--tmpdir> is equivalent to
 setting $TMPDIR.
 
 
-=item B<--timeout> I<val> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--timeout> I<val> (beta testing)
 
 Time out for command. If the command runs for longer than I<val>
 seconds it will get killed with SIGTERM, followed by SIGTERM 200 ms
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ Print the job to be run on stderr (standard error).
 See also B<-v> and 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 to
@@ -1515,9 +1515,9 @@ 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> (beta testing)
+=item B<--workdir> I<mydir>
 
-=item B<--wd> I<mydir> (beta testing)
+=item B<--wd> I<mydir>
 
 Files transferred using B<--transfer> and B<--return> will be relative
 to I<mydir> on remote computers, and the command will be executed in
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ See also B<-m>.
 Exit if the size (see the B<-s> option) is exceeded.
 
 
-=item B<--xapply>
+=item B<--xapply> (alpha testing)
 
 Read multiple input sources like B<xapply>. If multiple input sources
 are given, one argument will be read from each of the input
@@ -1593,6 +1593,10 @@ Compare these two:
   parallel echo {1} {2} ::: 1 2 3 ::: a b c
   parallel --xapply echo {1} {2} ::: 1 2 3 ::: a b c
 
+Arguments will be recycled if one input source has more arguments than the others:
+
+  parallel --xapply echo {1} {2} {3} ::: 1 2 ::: I II III ::: a b c d e f g 
+
 See also B<--header>.
 
 =back

src/parallel.texi

@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ The replacement string @strong{@{#@}} can be changed with @strong{--seqreplace}.
 
 To understand replacement strings see @strong{@{@}}.
 
-@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}}
-@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}}}
 
 Argument from input source @emph{n} or the @emph{n}'th argument. This
 positional replacement string will be replaced by the input from input
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ argument (when used with @strong{-N}). If @emph{n} is negative it refers to the
 
 To understand replacement strings see @strong{@{@}}.
 
-@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}.@strong{@}} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}.@strong{@}}
-@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}.@strong{@}} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}.@strong{@}}}
 
 Argument from input source @emph{n} or the @emph{n}'th argument without
 extension. It is a combination of @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}} and @strong{@{.@}}.
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ extension removed.
 
 To understand positional replacement strings see @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}}.
 
-@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}/@strong{@}} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}/@strong{@}}
-@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}/@strong{@}} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}/@strong{@}}}
 
 Basename of argument from input source @emph{n} or the @emph{n}'th argument.
 It is a combination of @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}} and @strong{@{/@}}.
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ directory (if any) removed.
 
 To understand positional replacement strings see @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}}.
 
-@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}//@strong{@}} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}//@strong{@}}
-@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}//@strong{@}} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}//@strong{@}}}
 
 Dirname of argument from input source @emph{n} or the @emph{n}'th argument.
 It is a combination of @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}} and @strong{@{//@}}.
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ the @emph{n}'th argument (when used with @strong{-N}). See @strong{dirname}(1).
 
 To understand positional replacement strings see @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}}.
 
-@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}/.@strong{@}} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{@{}@emph{n}/.@strong{@}}
-@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}/.@strong{@}} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{@{}@emph{n}/.@strong{@}}}
 
 Basename of argument from input source @emph{n} or the @emph{n}'th argument
 without extension.  It is a combination of @strong{@{}@emph{n}@strong{@}}, @strong{@{/@}}, and
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ 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.
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@ 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{--ctrlc} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--ctrlc} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--ctrlc} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--ctrlc} (beta testing)}
 
 Sends SIGINT to tasks running on remote computers thus killing them.
 
@@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ standard specifies @strong{-L} instead.
 
 Implies @strong{-X} unless @strong{-m}, @strong{--xargs}, or @strong{--pipe} is set.
 
-@item @strong{--load} @emph{max-load} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--load} @emph{max-load}
-@anchor{@strong{--load} @emph{max-load} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--load} @emph{max-load}}
 
 Do not start new jobs on a given computer unless the number of running
 processes on the computer is less than @emph{max-load}. @emph{max-load} uses
@@ -844,11 +844,11 @@ all the output from one server will be grouped together.
 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.
 
-@item @strong{--pipe} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--pipe}
-@anchor{@strong{--pipe} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--pipe}}
 
-@item @strong{--spreadstdin} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--spreadstdin}
-@anchor{@strong{--spreadstdin} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--spreadstdin}}
 
 Spread input to jobs on stdin (standard input). Read a block of data
 from stdin (standard input) and give one block of data as input to one
@@ -896,11 +896,11 @@ By sending GNU @strong{parallel} SIGUSR2 you can toggle turning on/off
 
 See also: @strong{--eta}
 
-@item @strong{--max-args}=@emph{max-args} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--max-args}=@emph{max-args}
-@anchor{@strong{--max-args}=@emph{max-args} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--max-args}=@emph{max-args}}
 
-@item @strong{-n} @emph{max-args} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{-n} @emph{max-args}
-@anchor{@strong{-n} @emph{max-args} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{-n} @emph{max-args}}
 
 Use at most @emph{max-args} arguments per command line.  Fewer than
 @emph{max-args} arguments will be used if the size (see the @strong{-s} option)
@@ -912,11 +912,11 @@ line.
 
 Implies @strong{-X} unless @strong{-m} is set.
 
-@item @strong{--max-replace-args}=@emph{max-args} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--max-replace-args}=@emph{max-args}
-@anchor{@strong{--max-replace-args}=@emph{max-args} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--max-replace-args}=@emph{max-args}}
 
-@item @strong{-N} @emph{max-args} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{-N} @emph{max-args}
-@anchor{@strong{-N} @emph{max-args} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{-N} @emph{max-args}}
 
 Use at most @emph{max-args} arguments per command line. Like @strong{-n} but
 also makes replacement strings @strong{@{1@}} .. @strong{@{}@emph{max-args}@strong{@}} that
@@ -1139,8 +1139,8 @@ 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
@@ -1331,8 +1331,8 @@ composed commands for GNU @strong{parallel}.
 Do not use the first line of input (used by GNU @strong{parallel} itself
 when called with @strong{--shebang}).
 
-@item @strong{--sshdelay} @emph{secs} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--sshdelay} @emph{secs}
-@anchor{@strong{--sshdelay} @emph{secs} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--sshdelay} @emph{secs}}
 
 Delay starting next ssh by @emph{secs} seconds. GNU @strong{parallel} will pause
 @emph{secs} seconds after starting each ssh. @emph{secs} can be less than 1
@@ -1473,8 +1473,8 @@ into temporary files in /tmp. By setting @strong{--tmpdir} you can use a
 different dir for the files. Setting @strong{--tmpdir} is equivalent to
 setting $TMPDIR.
 
-@item @strong{--timeout} @emph{val} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--timeout} @emph{val} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--timeout} @emph{val} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--timeout} @emph{val} (beta testing)}
 
 Time out for command. If the command runs for longer than @emph{val}
 seconds it will get killed with SIGTERM, followed by SIGTERM 200 ms
@@ -1507,8 +1507,8 @@ Print the job to be run on stderr (standard error).
 
 See also @strong{-v} and @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 to
@@ -1630,11 +1630,11 @@ 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} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir}
-@anchor{@strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir}}
 
-@item @strong{--wd} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--wd} @emph{mydir}
-@anchor{@strong{--wd} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--wd} @emph{mydir}}
 
 Files transferred using @strong{--transfer} and @strong{--return} will be relative
 to @emph{mydir} on remote computers, and the command will be executed in
@@ -1695,8 +1695,8 @@ See also @strong{-m}.
 
 Exit if the size (see the @strong{-s} option) is exceeded.
 
-@item @strong{--xapply}
+@item @strong{--xapply} (alpha testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--xapply}}
+@anchor{@strong{--xapply} (alpha testing)}
 
 Read multiple input sources like @strong{xapply}. If multiple input sources
 are given, one argument will be read from each of the input
@@ -1712,6 +1712,12 @@ Compare these two:
   parallel --xapply echo {1} {2} ::: 1 2 3 ::: a b c
 @end verbatim
 
+Arguments will be recycled if one input source has more arguments than the others:
+
+@verbatim
+  parallel --xapply echo {1} {2} {3} ::: 1 2 ::: I II III ::: a b c d e f g 
+@end verbatim
+
 See also @strong{--header}.
 
 @end table

src/sql

@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ $Global::Initfile && unlink $Global::Initfile;
 exit ($err);
 
 sub parse_options {
-    $Global::version = 20130522;
+    $Global::version = 20130622;
     $Global::progname = 'sql';
 
     # This must be done first as this may exec myself

testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local164.sh

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ echo '### bug #38354: -J profile_name should read from `pwd`/profile_name before
 
 echo "### Test --delay"
 seq 9 | /usr/bin/time -f %e  parallel -j3 --delay 0.57 true {} 2>&1 | 
-  perl -ne '$_ > 5 and print "More than 5 secs: OK\n"'
+  perl -ne '$_ > 3.3 and print "More than 3.3 secs: OK\n"'
 
 echo '### test --sshdelay'
   stdout /usr/bin/time -f %e parallel -j0 --sshdelay 0.5 -S localhost true ::: 1 2 3 | perl -ne 'print($_ > 1.80 ? "OK\n" : "Not OK\n")'

testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local11

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Test if we can deal with output > 4 GB
 46a318993dfc8e2afd71ff2bc6f605f1  -
 ### Test Force outside the file handle limit, 2009-02-17 Gave fork error
-parallel: Warning: Only enough filehandles to run 506 jobs in parallel. Raising ulimit -n may help.
+parallel: Warning: Only enough filehandles to run 507 jobs in parallel. Raising ulimit -n may help.
 Start
 end
 ### Test of --retries on unreachable host

testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local164

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### bug #38354: -J profile_name should read from `pwd`/profile_name before ~/.parallel/profile_name
 echo from ./local_test_profile echo 1
 ### Test --delay
-More than 5 secs: OK
+More than 3.3 secs: OK
 ### test --sshdelay
 OK
 ### bug #38299: --resume-failed -k
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bug #37694: Empty string argument skipped when using --quote
 1 2
 11 1
 12 2
-3
+11 3
 a_b_c_{4}
 a_b_c_d
 {4}

testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local9

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sleep 4
 8 12
 9 13
 10 14
-15
+1 15
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ sleep 4
 8 12
 9 13
 10 14
-15
+1 15
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ sleep 4
 8 12
 9 13
 10 14
-15
+1 15
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ sleep 4
 8 12
 9 13
 10 14
-15
+1 15
 ### Test xapply --max-replace-args
 2 1 0
 5 4 3
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ parallel: Error: Cannot open input file `nonexistent': No such file or directory
 8 12
 9 13
 10 14
-15
+1 15
 ### Test -d, ::::
 a1 5b
 a2 6b
@@ -217,16 +217,16 @@ echo a echo b
 ### Quoting if there is a command and 2 arg files of uneven length
 echo echo\ a echo\ b
 echo a echo b
-echo a1 
+echo a1 echo\ b
-a1
+a1 echo b
 ### Quoting if there is no command and 2 arg files
 echo a echo b
 a echo b
 ### Quoting if there is no command and 2 arg files of uneven length
 echo a echo b
 a echo b
-echo a1 
+echo a1 echo b
-a1
+a1 echo b
 ### Test multiple -a
 echo b a
 b a
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ press CTRL-D or CTRL-C
 4 5
 ### Test --arg-file-sep with files of different lengths
 1 3
-4
+1 4
 ### Test respect -s
 echo 1 22 333
 1 22 333

testsuite/wanted-results/test13

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ### Test -k
-parallel: Warning: Only enough filehandles to run 19 jobs in parallel. Raising ulimit -n may help.
+parallel: Warning: Only enough filehandles to run 20 jobs in parallel. Raising ulimit -n may help.
 begin
 1
 2