GNU Parallel --will-cite
Flat opened this issue · 3 comments
Related to #39 --will-cite [1] is a GNU Parallel flag that also disables GNU Parallel's BibTeX citation output. Some scripts [2] use this flag, other than Parallel Rust failing to parse this command I believe Parallel Rust would work fine as a replacement.
It also appears this script uses the -X flag for GNU Parallel, which is described as
Multiple arguments with context replace. Insert as many arguments as the command line length permits. If multiple jobs are being run in parallel: distribute the arguments evenly among the jobs. Use -j1 to avoid this.
If {} is not used the arguments will be appended to the line. If {} is used as part of a word (like pic{}.jpg) then the whole word will be repeated. If {} is used multiple times each {} will be replaced with the arguments.
Normally -X will do the right thing, whereas -m can give unexpected results if {} is used as part of a word.
Support for -X with --sshlogin is limited and may fail.
See also -m.
I'm unsure if this should be another issue or if this is even desired behavior for Parallel Rust
This is the default behavior of this implementation of the Parallel program. I should probably just change the argument parser to accept all arguments and instead give warnings for unsupported arguments, but continue on.
That's what I thought but the way it's worded in the GNU Parallel manual was a little confusing. Accepting invalid args and continuing might help to make Parallel Rust a drop-in replacement for GNU Parallel, but I can see where that may cause issues due to typos and such when running, I think.