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authorBenno Schulenberg2014-07-20 23:15:46 +0200
committerKarel Zak2014-07-21 10:29:43 +0200
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docs: bring five more man pages closer to standard formatting
Also, for renice, adapt the descriptions to the behaviour: the -g, -p and -u options do not actually need to be followed by any ID. Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)renice.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
.\"
-.TH RENICE "1" "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
+.TH RENICE "1" "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
renice \- alter priority of running processes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B renice
.RB [ \-n ]
.I priority
-.RB [ \-gpu ]
+.RB [ \-g | \-p | \-u ]
.IR identifier ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B renice
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ to be used for the process, process group, or user. Use of the option
.BR \-n " or " \-\-priority
is optional, but when used it must be the first argument.
.TP
-.BR \-g , " \-\-pgrp " \fIpgid\fR...
-Force the succeeding arguments to be interpreted as process group IDs.
+.BR \-g , " \-\-pgrp
+Interpret the succeeding arguments as process group IDs.
.TP
-.BR \-u , " \-\-user " \fIname_or_uid\fR...
-Force the succeeding arguments to be interpreted as usernames or UIDs.
-.TP
-.BR \-p , " \-\-pid " \fIpid\fR...
-Force the succeeding arguments to be interpreted as process IDs
+.BR \-p , " \-\-pid
+Interpret the succeeding arguments as process IDs
(the default).
.TP
+.BR \-u , " \-\-user
+Interpret the succeeding arguments as usernames or UIDs.
+.TP
.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
Display help text and exit.
.TP