Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 09:48:31 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nice question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971214094058.22292B-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <19971213233126.62113@emsphone.com>
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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Dan Nelson wrote:
> Another reason not to use csh :) Csh has a builtin 'nice' command with
> different arguments than /usr/bin/nice. man csh and search for 'nice'.
Hmm...
I use tcsh; would that do it?
Let's see....
{~} mortis:{58} %nice 20 top
20: Command not found.
{~} mortis:{59} %which nice
nice: shell built-in command.
Ah ha.
{~} mortis:{78} %whereis nice
nice: /usr/bin/nice /usr/share/man/man1/nice.1.gz /usr/src/usr.bin/nice
{~} mortis:{79} %/usr/bin/nice -20 top
320 fullermd 71 20 616K 800K RUN 0:00 0.00% 0.00% top
Bingo
And...
{/home/fullermd} root@mortis: %/usr/bin/nice --20 top
321 root -9 -20 616K 800K RUN 0:00 0.00% 0.00% top
Thanx.
I realize this falls under 'idiot-proofing' (myself excepted ;), but
shouldn't there be some sort of warning in man nice that some shells use
it as a builtin.
Or, for that matter, shouldn't {t}csh's built-in nice be able to set
positive priorities somehow? Seems wierd that since root is generally sh,
that {t}csh should only allow negative priorities. Or maybe it's just me.
Just a thought...
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