Maybe the problem is that I'm using a *newer* version? $ uname CYGWIN_NT-10.0
I'll try your version and report back. On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:47 PM Diomidis Spinellis <d...@aueb.gr> wrote: > I cannot replicate the problem in Cygwin 0.8.1 > > $ parallel -k echo ::: A B C > parallel: Warning: $SHELL not set. Using /bin/sh. > A > B > C > $ SHELL=/bin/bash parallel -k echo ::: A B C > A > B > C > $ SHELL=/bin/sh parallel -k echo ::: A B C > A > B > C > > Could you be using a non-standard shell or an older version of Cygwin? > > -- > Diomidis Spinellis > Free edX MOOC on Unix Tools: Data, Software, and Production Engineering > https://www.spinellis.gr/unix?pgo20200305 > > On 05-Mar-20 18:43, Geoffrey Cleaves wrote: > > Hello, I have been an avid user of parallel on Mac OS and Linux over the > > last 5 years. But I now find myself using Windows with the following > > problem when trying to run parallel in Cygwin. > > > > $ parallel -k echo ::: A B C > > sh: -c: option requires an argument > > sh: -c: option requires an argument > > ... never stops > > > > $ parallel --version , however, works just fine. > > > > Any tips on how to fix this? >
