Installing a 2014 version of parallel fixed the issue. As time permits I will try newer versions to see where it breaks on Cygwin. Thanks for your help Diomidis. Are you running a Windows PC from 2014?!?!? ;)
Geoff On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 9:31 PM Diomidis Spinellis <d...@aueb.gr> wrote: > Ah, good point, uname! I obtained the version I reported from the > cygwin.exe file properties. The version I get through uname is > > $ uname -a > CYGWIN_NT-10.0 hostname 3.0.6(0.338/5/3) 2019-04-06 16:18 x86_64 Cygwin > > > On 05-Mar-20 19:58, Geoffrey Cleaves wrote: > > 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 > > <mailto: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? > > >
