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-rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/nice.x | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index cc9df7d43..166c41e23 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -15677,8 +15677,9 @@ the exit status of @var{command} otherwise @cindex scheduling, affecting @cindex appropriate privileges -@command{nice} prints or modifies a process's @dfn{niceness}, -a parameter that affects whether the process is scheduled favorably. +@command{nice} prints a process's @dfn{niceness}, or runs +a command with modified niceness. @dfn{niceness} affects how +favorably the process is scheduled in the system. Synopsis: @example @@ -15713,6 +15714,9 @@ built-in utilities}). @mayConflictWithShellBuiltIn{nice} +Note to change the @dfn{niceness} of an existing process, +one needs to use the @command{renice} command. + The program accepts the following option. Also see @ref{Common options}. Options must precede operands. diff --git a/man/nice.x b/man/nice.x index 3448d6997..952cb1073 100644 --- a/man/nice.x +++ b/man/nice.x @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ nice \- run a program with modified scheduling priority [DESCRIPTION] .\" Add any additional description here [SEE ALSO] -nice(2) +nice(2), renice(1) |