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diff --git a/nq.1 b/nq.1 index aeec7ab..d3e0a36 100644 --- a/nq.1 +++ b/nq.1 @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Each can be considered a separate queue. The current working directory is used when .Ev NQDIR is unset. +.Ev NQDIR +is created if needed. .It Ev NQJOBID The job id of the currently running job, exposed to the job itself. @@ -101,6 +103,49 @@ unless is used, in which case exit status 1 means there is a job running. .Pp On fatal errors, exit codes 111 and 222 are used. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Build +.Xr make 1 +targets +.Ic clean , +.Ic depends, +.Ic all , +without occupying the terminal: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +% nq make clean +% nq make depends +% nq make all +% fq +\&... look at output, can interrupt with C-c any time +without stopping the build ... +.Ed +.Pp +Simple download queue, accessible from multiple terminals: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +% alias qget='NQDIR=/tmp/downloads nq wget' +% alias qwait='NQDIR=/tmp/downloads fq -q' +window1% qget http://mymirror/big1.iso +window2% qget http://mymirror/big2.iso +window3% qget http://mymirror/big3.iso +% qwait +\&... wait for all downloads to finish ... +.Ed +.Pp +As +.Xr nohup 1 +replacement +(The benchmark will run in background, +every run gets a different output file, +and the command line you ran is logged too.): +.Bd -literal -offset indent +% ssh remote +remote% nq ./run-benchmark +,14f6f3034f8.17035 +remote% ^D +% ssh remote +remote% fq +\&... see output, fq exits when job finished ... +.Ed .Sh TRICKS The "file extension" of the log file is actually the PID of the job. .Nm |