Questions tagged [queue]
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How to run commands as in a queue
I need to do a lot of copying of various files to various folders. I can add all my copy commands to a bash script and then run that, but then I must wait until it finishes if I want to add more ...
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Is there a queue copy program available for Windows 7?
When copying a lot of files all from different locations to the same location, using Windows Explorer, Windows always creates multiple copy processes, slowing everything down.
How can I queue copy ...
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Send an Email at a future date
I'd like to write up an email that gets sent out in a few days. I'd prefer to use Gmail, but I could use some other client if necessary. It doesn't look like Gmail has this feature in their labs ...
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Linux/Bash, how to schedule commands in a FIFO queue?
I want the ability to schedule commands to be run in a FIFO queue. I DON'T want them to be run at a specified time in the future as would be the case with the "at" command. I want them to start ...
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Is there a way to check how many jobs a user has in the queue?
I know commands, like qsub, qstat -a, qstat -an, etc.
But how can I find how many jobs a single user has in the queue (not all necessarily running) at any given time?
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How do printers receive documents from computers? Internal Queueing?
I have had trouble finding any actual information of how printers actually handle printing data.
All OSes as far as I know have a "print queue" which seemingly buffers printed documents out to the ...
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Linux queuing system
We have a few computers that are used for simulations in physics which are run by a few people. I would like to install some queuing system to submit tasks and to fairly share resources. What would ...
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How to list all 'at' jobs without root privileges?
For listing jobs added by at and batch I use atq, but it lists only my jobs. I can run atq with root privileges and then it lists jobs from all users.
How can I list all jobs without root privileges?
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How can I create a shortcut to a printer's queue on Windows 7?
How can I create a desktop shortcut to a printer's queue on Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit?
Thanks.
For any future searchers, what worked for me is a little different from what's in the accepted ...
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How can I restore a lost JDownloader queue?
My JDownloader crashed and my queue is empty.
Based on what I found from Googling, I unzipped database.zip into the config directory, but it didn't help.
How can I get my queue back?
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Linux job queue for FFmpeg conversion
I'm starting up a Debian web server which will host a website where users can upload video files and play them.
Hence, the video files need to be converted into the proper format (mp4, ogg, webm) for ...
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SLURM allows jobs using more CPUs than requested to start
The problem I am facing with SLURM can be summarized as follows. Consider a bash script test.sh that requests 8 CPUs but actually starts a job using 10 CPUs:
#!/bin/sh
#SBATCH --ntasks=8
stress -c 10
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Free command line download manager with queue possibilities on Windows XP?
I am looking for a free command line download manager with queue possibilities on Windows XP.
This looks like it might work but it's not free:
http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/support/...
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Prioritised outgoing emails using Exim
Our outgoing email queue uses Exim (on Centos) and is used both for sending bulk batches of email to clients and sending authentication keys, eg as part of the forgotten password routine. On some ...
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Queuing up blog posts from offline
I have a Blogger blog and I will be going for long periods of time when I can only access the web via dial-up for short periods in the middle of the night (much like the so-called "flash sessions" ...
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