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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man1/nice.1 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man1/nice.1 b/static/openbsd/man1/nice.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b3911617 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man1/nice.1 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: nice.1,v 1.20 2020/02/08 01:09:58 jsg Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: nice.1,v 1.6 1995/08/31 23:30:57 jtc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)nice.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 8 2020 $ +.Dt NICE 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm nice +.Nd execute a utility with an altered scheduling priority +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm nice +.Op Fl n Ar increment +.Ar utility +.Op Ar argument ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +runs +.Ar utility +at an altered scheduling priority. +If an +.Ar increment +is given, it is used; otherwise +an increment of 10 is assumed. +The superuser can run utilities with priorities higher than normal by using +a negative +.Ar increment . +The priority can be adjusted over a +range of \-20 (the highest) to 20 (the lowest). +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl n Ar increment +A positive or negative decimal integer used to modify the system scheduling +priority of +.Ar utility . +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent -compact +.It 1\-125 +An error occurred. +.It 126 +The +.Ar utility +was found but could not be invoked. +.It 127 +The +.Ar utility +could not be found. +.El +.Pp +Otherwise, the exit status of +.Nm +shall be that of +.Ar utility . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr getpriority 2 , +.Xr renice 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is compliant with the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +specification. +.Pp +The historic +.Fl Ns Ar increment +option has been deprecated but is still supported in this implementation. +.Pp +.Nm +also exists as a built-in to +.Xr csh 1 , +though with a different syntax. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +utility appeared in +.At v4 . |
