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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a420dc7..9aa5d03 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Build targets `clean`, `depends`, `all`, without occupying the terminal: % nq make clean % nq make depends % nq make all - % fq + % nqtail ... look at output, can interrupt with C-c any time without stopping the build ... @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Simple download queue, accessible from multiple terminals: % mkdir -p /tmp/downloads % alias qget='NQDIR=/tmp/downloads nq wget' - % alias qwait='NQDIR=/tmp/downloads fq -q' + % alias qwait='NQDIR=/tmp/downloads nqtail -q' window1% qget http://mymirror/big1.iso window2% qget http://mymirror/big2.iso window3% qget http://mymirror/big3.iso @@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ too!): ,14f6f3034f8.17035 remote% ^D % ssh remote - remote% fq - ... see output, fq exits when job finished ... + remote% nqtail + ... see output, nqtail exits when job finished ... ## Assumptions @@ -103,14 +103,16 @@ too!): Two helper programs are provided: -**`fq`** outputs the log of the currently running jobs, exiting when the -jobs are done. If no job is running, the output of the last job is -shown. `fq -a` shows the output of all jobs, `fq -q` only shows one -line per job. `fq` uses `inotify` on Linux and falls back to polling -for size change else. (`fq.sh` is a similar tool, not quite as robust, -implemented as shell-script calling `tail`.) +**`nqtail`** outputs the log of the currently running jobs, exiting +when the jobs are done. If no job is running, the output of the last +job is shown. `nqtail -a` shows the output of all jobs, `nqtail -q` +only shows one line per job. `nqtail` uses `inotify` on Linux and +falls back to polling for size change else. (`nqtail.sh` is a similar +tool, not quite as robust, implemented as shell-script calling +`tail`.) -**`tq`** wraps `nq` and displays the `fq` output in a new `tmux` or screen window. +**`nqterm`** wraps `nq` and displays the `nqtail` output in a new +`tmux` or screen window. (A pure shell implementation of `nq` is provided as `nq.sh`. It needs `flock` from util-linux, and only has a timer resolution of 1s. @@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ Perl's `prove` installed. Any directory can be a queue for `nq`. `task-spooler` can have different queues for different terminals. -* You can follow the output of an `nq` queue tail-style with `fq`. +* You can follow the output of an `nq` queue tail-style with `nqtail`. * The syntax is different: `at` and `batch` take whole scripts from the standard input or a file; `nq` takes a single command as its |