parallel.pod: man page for --shebang-wrap.

src/parallel

@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ sub read_options {
     #   @ARGV without --options
     # This must be done first as this may exec myself
     if(defined $ARGV[0] and ($ARGV[0]=~/^--shebang / or
-			     $ARGV[0]=~/^--shebang-wrap / or
+			     $ARGV[0]=~/^--shebang-?wrap / or
 			     $ARGV[0]=~/^--hashbang /)) {
         # Program is called from #! line in script
 	# remove --shebang-wrap if it is set
@@ -3553,6 +3553,7 @@ sub sshlogin_wrap {
 	    if($opt::workdir) {
 		$self->{'sshlogin_wrap'} =
 		    ($pre . "$sshcmd $serverlogin $parallel_env "
+		     . ::shell_quote_scalar("mkdir -p ".$self->workdir()."; ")
 		     . ::shell_quote_scalar("cd ".$self->workdir()." && ")
 		     . ::shell_quote_scalar($next_command_line).";".$post);
 	    } else {

src/parallel.pod

@@ -1159,6 +1159,55 @@ Use the replacement string I<replace-str> instead of B<{#}> for
 job sequence number.
 
 
+=item B<--shebang>
+
+=item B<--hashbang>
+
+GNU B<parallel> can be called as a shebang (#!) command as the first
+line of a script. The content of the file will be treated as
+inputsource.
+
+Like this:
+
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang -r traceroute
+
+  foss.org.my
+  debian.org
+  freenetproject.org
+
+B<--shebang> must be set as the first option.
+
+
+=item B<--shebang-wrap> (alpha testing)
+
+GNU B<parallel> can parallelize scripts by wrapping the shebang
+line. If the program can be run like this:
+
+  cat arguments | parallel the_program
+
+then the script can be changed to:
+
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap /the/original/parser --with-options
+
+E.g.
+
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap /usr/bin/python
+
+If the program can be run like this:
+
+  cat data | parallel --pipe the_program
+
+then the script can be changed to:
+
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap --pipe /the/original/parser --with-options
+
+E.g.
+
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap --pipe /usr/bin/perl -w
+
+B<--shebang-wrap> must be set as the first option.
+
+
 =item B<--shellquote>
 
 Does not run the command but quotes it. Useful for making quoted
@@ -1512,22 +1561,6 @@ Compare these two:
 
 See also B<--header>.
 
-
-=item B<--shebang>
-
-=item B<--hashbang>
-
-GNU B<Parallel> can be called as a shebang (#!) command as the first line of a script. Like this:
-
-  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang -r traceroute
-
-  foss.org.my
-  debian.org
-  freenetproject.org
-
-For this to work B<--shebang> must be set as the first option.
-
-
 =back
 
 

src/parallel.texi

@@ -1241,6 +1241,70 @@ See also: @strong{man sem}
 Use the replacement string @emph{replace-str} instead of @strong{@{#@}} for
 job sequence number.
 
+@item @strong{--shebang}
+@anchor{@strong{--shebang}}
+
+@item @strong{--hashbang}
+@anchor{@strong{--hashbang}}
+
+GNU @strong{Parallel} can be called as a shebang (#!) command as the first
+line of a script. The content of the file will be treated as
+inputsource.
+
+Like this:
+
+@verbatim
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang -r traceroute
+
+  foss.org.my
+  debian.org
+  freenetproject.org
+@end verbatim
+
+@strong{--shebang} must be set as the first option.
+
+@item @strong{--shebang-wrap}
+@anchor{@strong{--shebang-wrap}}
+
+GNU @strong{Parallel} can parallelize scripts by wrapping the shebang
+line. If the program can be run like this:
+
+@verbatim
+  cat arguments | parallel the_program
+@end verbatim
+
+then the script can be changed to:
+
+@verbatim
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap /the/original/parser --with-options
+@end verbatim
+
+E.g.
+
+@verbatim
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap /usr/bin/python
+@end verbatim
+
+If the program can be run like this:
+
+@verbatim
+  cat data | parallel --pipe the_program
+@end verbatim
+
+then the script can be changed to:
+
+@verbatim
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap --pipe /the/original/parser --with-options
+@end verbatim
+
+E.g.
+
+@verbatim
+  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap --pipe /usr/bin/perl -w
+@end verbatim
+
+@strong{--shebang-wrap} must be set as the first option.
+
 @item @strong{--shellquote}
 @anchor{@strong{--shellquote}}
 
@@ -1617,24 +1681,6 @@ Compare these two:
 
 See also @strong{--header}.
 
-@item @strong{--shebang}
-@anchor{@strong{--shebang}}
-
-@item @strong{--hashbang}
-@anchor{@strong{--hashbang}}
-
-GNU @strong{Parallel} can be called as a shebang (#!) command as the first line of a script. Like this:
-
-@verbatim
-  #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang -r traceroute
-
-  foss.org.my
-  debian.org
-  freenetproject.org
-@end verbatim
-
-For this to work @strong{--shebang} must be set as the first option.
-
 @end table
 
 @chapter EXAMPLE: Working as xargs -n1. Argument appending