From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 09:30:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EABA31065678 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:30:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD3978FC13 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:30:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5B9U19o011082 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:30:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m5B9U1Ib011081; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:30:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:30:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200806110930.m5B9U1Ib011081@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Ighighi Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC3B4106567C for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07838FC23 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5B9Ku0t039704 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:20:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m5B9KuPs039703; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:20:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200806110920.m5B9KuPs039703@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:20:56 GMT From: Ighighi To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: docs/124469: incomplete nice(1) manpage X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:30:02 -0000 >Number: 124469 >Category: docs >Synopsis: incomplete nice(1) manpage >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 11 09:30:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ighighi >Release: 6.3-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #0: Wed Jun 4 15:18:20 VET 2008 >Description: There's no mention of the range of available nice values... Not even a pointer to the nice(3) manpage to supplement it. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: I suggest adding this sentence present in NetBSD's nice(1): "The priority can be adjusted over a range of -20 (the highest) to 20 (the lowest)." See: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 Also, a pointer to nice(3) would be ok. We may also use renice(8) which is a lot more complete. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: