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diff --git a/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 b/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 deleted file mode 100644 index 67b8471..0000000 --- a/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ -.\" 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. 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 BSD 4 -.Sh NAME -.Nm nice -.Nd execute a command at a low scheduling priority -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm nice -.Op Fl Ns Ar number -.Ar command -.Op Ar arguments -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Nice -runs -.Ar command -at a low priority. -(Think of low and slow). -If -.Fl Ns Ar number -is specified, and if it is greater than or equal -to 10 (the default), -.Nm nice -will execute -.Ar command -at that priority. -The upper bound, or lowest priority that -.Nm nice -will run a command is 20. -The lower bounds or -higher priorities (integers less than 10) -can only be requested by the super-user. -Negative numbers are expressed as -.Fl - Ns Ar number . -.Pp -The returned exit status is the exit value from the -command executed by -.Nm nice . -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr csh 1 , -.Xr renice 8 -.Sh HISTORY -A -.Nm nice -command appeared in -.At v6 . -.Sh BUGS -.Nm Nice -is particular to -.Xr sh 1 . -If you use -.Xr csh 1 , -then commands executed with ``&'' are automatically immune to hangup -signals while in the background. -.Pp -.Nm Nice -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. |