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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/renice')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/renice/renice.8 | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 index 6f60441..e207476 100644 --- a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 +++ b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 @@ -45,25 +45,27 @@ .Op Oo Fl g Oc Ar pgrp ... .Op Oo Fl u Oc Ar user ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Renice -alters the +The +.Nm +utility alters the scheduling priority of one or more running processes. The following .Ar who parameters are interpreted as process ID's, process group ID's, user ID's or user names. -.Nm Renice Ns 'ing -a process group causes all processes in the process group +The +.Nm Ns 'ing +of a process group causes all processes in the process group to have their scheduling priority altered. -.Nm Renice Ns 'ing -a user causes all processes owned by the user to have +The +.Nm Ns 'ing +of a user causes all processes owned by the user to have their scheduling priority altered. By default, the processes to be affected are specified by their process ID's. .Pp -Options supported by -.Nm : -.Bl -tag -width Ds +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl g Force .Ar who @@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ Force the .Ar who parameters to be interpreted as user names or user ID's. .It Fl p -Resets the +Reset the .Ar who interpretation to be (the default) process ID's. .El @@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ utility conforms to .Sh HISTORY The .Nm -command appeared in +utility appeared in .Bx 4.0 . .Sh BUGS Non super-users cannot increase scheduling priorities of their own processes, |