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. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- _-_|\ Phil Kernick E-Mail: Phil@Kernick.org / \ ROTFL Enterprises Mobile: 041 61 ROTFL \_.-*_/ v Humourist, satirist, and probably a few more 'ists to boot!
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