--- a/bin/plinks.py	Tue Feb 18 13:15:05 2020 +0000
+++ b/bin/plinks.py	Tue Feb 18 21:33:35 2020 +0000
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 #!/lustre/sw/miniconda3/bin/python3
 import sys,pdfx,traceback
-def run():
+from os import path
+
+def run(file):
   global pdf
-  try:
-    pdf=pdfx.PDFx(sys.argv[1])
-    links=pdf.get_references_as_dict()
-  except:
-    traceback.print_exc()
-    print("\nFailed: %s"%sys.argv[1],file=sys.stderr)
-    exit(1)
-  for k in links.keys():
-    for l in links[k]:
-         print("%s\t%s"%(k,l))
+  pdf=pdfx.PDFx(file)
+  return pdf.get_references_as_dict()
 
-if sys.argv[1]=='-t':
-  import timeit
-  sys.argv.pop(1)
-  n=sys.argv[1]
-  sys.argv.pop(1)
-  print(timeit.timeit("run()",number=int(n),
-                      setup="from __main__ import run"),file=sys.stderr)
-else:
-  run()
+me=sys.argv[1]
+with open('/dev/shm/x/badpdfs_%s'%me,'w') as bf:
+  for l in sys.stdin:
+    (fno,f)=l.rstrip().split()
+    try:
+      links=run(file)
+      with open('/dev/shm/x/links_%s'%fno,'w') as of:
+        for k in links.keys():
+          for l in links[k]:
+            print("%s\t%s\t%s"%(k,l),file=of)
+    except Exception as e:
+      print("%s\t%s\t%s"%(fno,e),file=bf)
+    if (path.exists('/dev/shm/stopJob')):
+      print("Quiting early: %s %s"%(me,fno),file=sys.stderr)
+      exit(1)