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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/renice/renice.8')
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diff --git a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 index a0490ce9364..28053c972cd 100644 --- a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 +++ b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: renice.8,v 1.17 2007/05/31 19:20:15 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: renice.8,v 1.18 2008/12/08 21:23:10 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)renice.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 8 2008 $ .Dt RENICE 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ .Nd alter priority of running processes .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm renice -.Ar priority +.Fl n Ar increment .Oo .Op Fl g .Ar pgrp ... @@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ .Oc .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -alters the scheduling -.Em priority -of one or more running processes. +alters the scheduling priority of one or more running processes by +.Ar increment . Processes may be selected using the parameters .Ar pid (process ID), @@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ Processes may be selected using the parameters (process group ID), and .Ar user -(user name). +(user name or ID). If no flag is specified, the default is to select by process ID. .Pp @@ -95,12 +94,16 @@ The options are as follows: .It Fl g Ar pgrp Alter the scheduling priority of all processes in process group .Ar pgrp . +.It Fl n Ar increment +A positive or negative decimal integer used to modify the +scheduling priority. .It Fl p Ar pid Alter the scheduling priority of process .Ar pid . .It Fl u Ar user -Alter the scheduling priority of all processes belonging to user -.Ar user . +Alter the scheduling priority of all processes belonging to +.Ar user , +which may be a user name or ID. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd -compact @@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ The following example changes the priority of process IDs 987 and 32, and all processes owned by users daemon and root: .Bd -literal -offset indent -# renice +1 987 -u daemon root -p 32 +# renice -n +1 987 -u daemon root -p 32 .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr nice 1 , @@ -126,6 +129,9 @@ utility is compliant with the specification, but its presence is optional. .Pp +The historical behavior of passing the increment as the first +argument is supported for backwards compatibility. +.Pp The arguments to flags .Op Fl gpu are extensions to that specification. |