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author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 12:58:00 -0400 |
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committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-17 12:38:13 -0400 |
commit | e0d3fcc39d1f631dcd6fe158d9d7a9f4f34ab1d0 (patch) | |
tree | 172f40e807b3a6c4a7d79a64e071be15529eaa22 /system/ts | |
parent | e859ab1cbbfc8c67d710e6fe8c584f57462975c8 (diff) |
system/ts: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/system/ts/README b/system/ts/README index 6028123804c3..7aa9218d9670 100644 --- a/system/ts/README +++ b/system/ts/README @@ -1,37 +1,36 @@ -Task spooler is a Unix batch system where the tasks spooled run one after -the other. The amount of jobs to run at once can be set at any time. Each -user in each system has his own job queue. The tasks are run in the correct -context (that of enqueue) from any shell/process, and its output/results -can be easily watched. It is very useful when you know that your commands -depend on a lot of RAM, a lot of disk use, give a lot of output, or for -whatever reason it's better not to run them all at the same time, while you -want to keep your resources busy for maximum benfit. Its interface allows -using it easily in scripts. +Task spooler is a Unix batch system where the tasks spooled run one +after the other. The amount of jobs to run at once can be set at any +time. Each user in each system has his own job queue. The tasks are +run in the correct context (that of enqueue) from any shell/process, +and its output/results can be easily watched. It is very useful when +you know that your commands depend on a lot of RAM, a lot of disk use, +give a lot of output, or for whatever reason it's better not to run +them all at the same time, while you want to keep your resources busy +for maximum benfit. Its interface allows using it easily in scripts. Features Task Spooler allows one to: - * Queue jobs from different terminals. - * Use it locally in the machine (not as in network queues). - * Have a good way of seeing the output of the processes (tail, - errorlevels, ...). - * Easy use: almost no configuration. - * Easy to use in scripts. +* Queue jobs from different terminals. +* Use it locally in the machine (not as in network queues). +* Have a good way of seeing the output of the processes (tail, + errorlevels, ...). +* Easy use: almost no configuration. +* Easy to use in scripts. At the end, after some time using and developing ts, it can do something more: - * It works in GNU systems with the GNU c compiler (Linux, Darwin, - Cygwin, FreeBSD, etc). - * No configuration at all for a simple queue. - * Good integration with renice, kill, etc. (through `ts -p` and process - groups). - * Have any amount of queues identified by name, writting a simple - wrapper script for each (I use ts2, tsio, tsprint, etc). - * Control how many jobs may run at once in any queue (taking profit of - multicores). - * It never removes the result files, so they can be reached even after - we've lost the ts task list. - * Transparent if used as a subprogram with -nf. - +* It works on GNU systems with the GNU C compiler (Linux, Darwin, + Cygwin, FreeBSD, etc). +* No configuration at all for a simple queue. +* Good integration with renice, kill, etc. (through `ts -p` and process + groups). +* Have any amount of queues identified by name, writting a simple + wrapper script for each (I use ts2, tsio, tsprint, etc). +* Control how many jobs may run at once in any queue (taking profit of + multicores). +* It never removes the result files, so they can be reached even after + we've lost the ts task list. +* Transparent if used as a subprogram with -nf. |