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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: Priorities?
From:       Wolfram Schneider <wosch () cs ! tu-berlin ! de>
Date:       1996-10-30 23:37:09
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Jake Hamby writes:
>No, the original post is correct.  In typical confusing UNIX terminology,
>"nice -20 xlock" will set the priority to 20 (a very low priority).  If
>you're using /usr/bin/nice (which fvwm will, because it uses /bin/sh to
>execute commands), then "nice --20 xlock" will raise the priority to -20
>(which requires root privs anyway).  If you're using csh, then it gets
>more confusing.  In that case you are correct, the command will try to
>raise the priority (but confusingly, does not print an error if you don't
>have privileges) and the correct way to lower the priority is with "nice
>+20 command".
>
>I'm surprised this isn't in the UNIX Hater's Handbook, as it's a great
>examples of typical UNIX braindamage...  :-)

s/UNIX/csh from BSD/

"Two of the most famous products of Berkeley are LSD and Unix. I
don't think this is a coincidence" --Anonymous 
	UNIX Hater's Handbook, first chapter, first page

--Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>

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