From nobody@FreeBSD.org Thu Aug 8 08:03:39 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8623937B405 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:03:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F24543EC5 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:03:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g78F33OT042948 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:03:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g78F33KW042947; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200208081503.g78F33KW042947@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:03:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrey Kravchenko To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: nice(8) don`t work as documented X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 41451 >Category: misc >Synopsis: nice(8) don`t work as documented >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 08 08:10:02 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: Thu Aug 08 10:08:28 PDT 2002 >Last-Modified: Thu Aug 08 10:08:28 PDT 2002 >Originator: Andrey Kravchenko >Release: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE >Organization: JSC Slavutich >Environment: FreeBSD cvi1.slavutich.com 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #1: Tue Jul 23 05:26:32 EEST 2002 >Description: As nice(8) man say`s: EXAMPLES $ nice -n 5 date Execute utility `date' at priority 5 assuming the priority of the shell then i try: #nice -n 5 date nice: Badly formed number. >How-To-Repeat: nice -n 5 date >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Maxim Konovalov To: Andrey Kravchenko Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/41451: nice(8) don`t work as documented Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 19:17:52 +0400 (MSD) On 08:03-0700, Aug 8, 2002, Andrey Kravchenko wrote: [...] > FreeBSD cvi1.slavutich.com 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #1: Tue Jul 23 05:26:32 EEST 2002 > >Description: > As nice(8) man say`s: > > EXAMPLES > $ nice -n 5 date > Execute utility `date' at priority 5 assuming the priority of the shell > then i try: > #nice -n 5 date > nice: Badly formed number. > > >How-To-Repeat: > nice -n 5 date Works for me: [maxim@golf maxim]$ /usr/bin/nice -n 5 date Thu Aug 8 19:14:36 MSD 2002 [maxim@golf maxim]$ /usr/bin/nice -n 5 uname -a FreeBSD golf.macomnet.net 4.6-20020805-MACOMNET-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-20020805-MACOMNET-STABLE #0: Tue Aug 6 04:44:35 MSD 2002 maxim@shy.macomnet.ru:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GOLF i386 I believe you are speaking about tcsh(1) which has built-in nice, man 1 tcsh for details. Can I close this PR? -- Maxim Konovalov, maxim@FreeBSD.org From: Bob Bishop To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, ask@slavutich.com Cc: Subject: Re: misc/41451: nice(8) don`t work as documented Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 16:32:24 +0100 `man nice' refers to /usr/bin/nice. nice is also implemented as a builtin by some shells, and (t)csh for instance doesn't understand the `-n increment' syntax. Try: /usr/bin/nice -n 5 date -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 989 4254 From: "Kravchenko, Andrey" To: , Cc: Subject: Re: misc/41451: nice(8) don`t work as documented Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 18:40:40 +0300 Yes, you can # env SHELL=3D/bin/csh WBR, Andrey Kravchenko JSC Slavutich Brewery IT specialist / production planning specialist tel. +380 (372) 58-58-58 mob. +380 (50) 486-48-63 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: maxim State-Changed-When: Thu Aug 8 10:05:55 PDT 2002 State-Changed-Why: The submitter mixed csh(1) built-in nice and nice(1). http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=41451 >Unformatted: