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authorKarel Zak2009-03-09 21:09:50 +0100
committerKarel Zak2009-03-09 21:09:50 +0100
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tree657c25da4d0ee53f487835593050877cbdc00e2e
parentbuild-sys: cleanup --with-fsprobe help string (diff)
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renice: add -n option for compatibility with POSIX
The -n option is required by POSIX.1-200x. Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/renice.17
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/renice.c12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/renice.1 b/sys-utils/renice.1
index 3c20d6eb6..32a23e146 100644
--- a/sys-utils/renice.1
+++ b/sys-utils/renice.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)renice.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
+.\" @(#)renice.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
.\"
.Dd June 9, 1993
.Dt RENICE 1
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
.Nd alter priority of running processes
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm renice
+.Op Fl n
.Ar priority
.Oo
.Op Fl p
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ their process ID's.
Options supported by
.Nm renice :
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl n, Fl Fl priority
+The scheduling
+.Ar priority
+of the process, process group, or user.
.It Fl g, Fl Fl pgrp
Force
.Ar who
diff --git a/sys-utils/renice.c b/sys-utils/renice.c
index ac05d2587..879e8bd91 100644
--- a/sys-utils/renice.c
+++ b/sys-utils/renice.c
@@ -51,14 +51,15 @@ int donice(int,int,int);
void usage(int rc)
{
printf( _("\nUsage:\n"
- " renice priority [-p|--pid] pid [... pid]\n"
- " renice priority -g|--pgrp pgrp [... pgrp]\n"
- " renice priority -u|--user user [... user]\n"
+ " renice [-n] priority [-p|--pid] pid [... pid]\n"
+ " renice [-n] priority -g|--pgrp pgrp [... pgrp]\n"
+ " renice [-n] priority -u|--user user [... user]\n"
" renice -h | --help\n"
" renice -v | --version\n\n"));
exit(rc);
}
+
/*
* Change the priority (nice) of processes
* or groups of processes which are already
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
if (argc < 2)
usage(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ if (strcmp(*argv, "-n") == 0 || strcmp(*argv, "--priority") == 0) {
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+ }
+
prio = strtol(*argv, &endptr, 10);
if (*endptr)
usage(EXIT_FAILURE);