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When using GNU parallel with the --semaphore setting, is there a way to run M (e.g. 20) jobs simultaneously across N (e.g. 6) hosts, where only 1 job is assigned to each CPU core? When I use --jobs to indicate that I want M jobs to run in parallel, there no longer seems a restriction on the number of jobs that can be allocated to a single host. This is confirmed when I receive warnings like

ssh to user@host only allows for P simultaneous logins'

where P is some number like 14, while it's a 4-core machine, and thus should never receive more than 4 connections.

The current command I'm using has the following form:

parallel --semaphore --sshloginfile nodesfile --workdir ~/dir --j

Embarrassing for our government. It's really not difficult to do press freedom right...

Since there was no follow up, I'm guessing there is some awareness that the spokesperson was completely out of line. That, or they're familiar with the Streisand effect.

Nevertheless, it's completely unprofessional behaviour on account of the spokesperson. I bet he has to do dozens of similar interventions every day, but when you're a government official, your interaction with the press deserves to be held to a higher standard.

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