Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:26:26 +1030 From: Phil Kernick <Phil@Kernick.org> To: Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The nice utility: man pages bug? Message-ID: <3FEBDB9A.30808@Kernick.org> In-Reply-To: <3FEBD9E1.50207@users.sourceforge.net> References: <3FEBD9E1.50207@users.sourceforge.net>
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The problems is that you are using the nice builtin from the c-shell.
From the csh(1) man page...
nice [ +n|-n ] [ command ]
Increment the process priority value for the shell
or for command by n. The higher the priority
Phil.
> This is 4.9-STABLE on Intel PC.
>
> The nice man-pages say:
>
> ---------------------------
> EXAMPLES
> $ nice -n 5 date
>
> Execute utility `date' at priority 5 assuming the
> priority of the shell is 0.
> ---------------------------
>
>
> But when I do:
>
> $ nice -n 5 date
> nice: Badly formed number.
> $
>
>
> Something is wrong here, isn't it?
>
> Regards,
> Rob.
>
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