From 5b57d28ffb6e1ef86b50f7d05d977826eae89bfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kiyoshi Aman Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 22:55:37 +0000 Subject: initial population --- usr.bin/nice/nice.1 | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 120 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr.bin/nice/nice.1 (limited to 'usr.bin/nice/nice.1') diff --git a/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 b/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..87c211a --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: nice.1,v 1.15 2012/03/22 07:58:19 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)nice.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt NICE 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm nice +.Nd execute a utility with an altered scheduling priority +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl n Ar increment +.Ar utility +.Op Ar argument ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +runs +.Ar utility +at an altered scheduling priority. +If an +.Ar increment +is given, it is used; otherwise +an increment of 10 is assumed. +The super-user can run utilities with priorities higher than normal by using +a negative +.Ar increment . +The priority can be adjusted over a +range of -20 (the highest) to 20 (the lowest). +A priority of 19 or 20 +will prevent a process from taking any cycles from others at nice 0 or +better. +.Pp +Available options: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl n Ar increment +A positive or negative decimal integer used to modify the system scheduling +priority of +.Ar utility . +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It 1-125 +An error occurred in the +.Nm +utility. +.It 126 +The +.Ar utility +was found but could not be invoked. +.It 127 +The +.Ar utility +could not be found. +.El +.Pp +Otherwise, the exit status of +.Nm +will be that of +.Ar utility . +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +The historic +.Fl Ns Ar increment +option has been deprecated but is still supported in this implementation. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr getpriority 2 , +.Xr setpriority 2 , +.Xr renice 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility conforms to +.St -p1003.2-92 . +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +utility appeared in +.At v6 . +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +is built into +.Xr csh 1 +with a slightly different syntax than described here. +The form +.Ql nice +10 +nices to positive nice, and +.Ql nice \-10 +can be used +by the super-user to give a process more of the processor. -- cgit v1.2.3-60-g2f50