On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Ozgur Akgun <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> --noswap calls vmstat, which has a different name (vm_stat) on Mac OS X for
> some strange reason.
>
> Changing "vmstat" to "vm_stat" in all 3 places it is referenced from
> seemingly
> solves the problem.

Are the output columns from vm_stat the same as vmstat?

> Otherwise the following error message is reported:
>
> sh: vmstat: command not found
> Use of uninitialized value $swap_out in pattern match (m//) at
> /usr/local/bin/parallel line 2164.
> Use of uninitialized value $swap_out in pattern match (m//) at
> /usr/local/bin/parallel line 2164.
> [and several more of those]

Will you create a bug report on
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=parallel so that you
will be informed when a proposed fix is in?

> Is OSX supported anyway?

OSX is supported the same way Microsoft Windows is: If its an easy
fix, it will be fixed. If it requires major change it will only be
fixed if free operating systems will benefit from it, too.

The above sounds easy to fix.


/Ole

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