A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1812 ====================================================================== Reported By: dwheeler Assigned To: ajosey ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 Issue ID: 1812 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Enhancement Request Severity: Editorial Priority: normal Status: Under Review Name: David A. Wheeler Organization: The Linux Foundation User Reference: Section: xargs Page Number: 3600-3601 Line Number: 123252 Interp Status: --- Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2024-02-15 20:53 UTC Last Modified: 2024-02-19 19:58 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: Support xargs -P 0 ======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (0006667) dwheeler (reporter) - 2024-02-19 19:58 https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1812#c6667 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In my experience, the most common value for xargs -P is *0*, as that basically says "please maximize throughput" in a practically portable way. It *is* hard to formally specify though! I think a better approach would be to attempt to describe, from a *human* perspective, what is being requested. How about this, instead of: > If the value of maxprocs is 0, run as many processes as possible (this is often the number of processors available). how about this: > If the value of maxprocs is 0, the system heuristically attempts to minimize total runtime by executing many processes (e.g., by executing the number of processes equal to the number of processors). Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2024-02-15 20:53 dwheeler New Issue 2024-02-15 20:53 dwheeler Status New => Under Review 2024-02-15 20:53 dwheeler Assigned To => ajosey 2024-02-15 20:53 dwheeler Name => David A. Wheeler 2024-02-15 20:53 dwheeler Organization => The Linux Foundation 2024-02-15 20:53 dwheeler Section => xargs 2024-02-15 20:53 dwheeler Page Number => 3600-3601 2024-02-15 20:53 dwheeler Line Number => 123252 2024-02-16 10:28 geoffclare Note Added: 0006659 2024-02-16 11:39 kre Note Added: 0006661 2024-02-19 19:58 dwheeler Note Added: 0006667 ======================================================================
