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From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Anes <david.anes@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] renice: in usage text, condense the oververbose description of option -n
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:48:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250417094825.20870-6-bensberg@telfort.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250417094825.20870-1-bensberg@telfort.nl>

The --help text should be concise: it serves only as a reminder of how
things work.  When a more wordy explanation is needed, there is always
the man page (as every --help text says at the end).

CC: David Anes <david.anes@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
---
 sys-utils/renice.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys-utils/renice.c b/sys-utils/renice.c
index eac104db3..7872e8fbb 100644
--- a/sys-utils/renice.c
+++ b/sys-utils/renice.c
@@ -70,10 +70,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
 	fputs(_("Alter the priority of running processes.\n"), out);
 
 	fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out);
-	fputs(_(" -n <num>               specify the nice value;\n"
-		"                          if POSIXLY_CORRECT flag is set in environment,\n"
-		"                          then the priority is 'relative' to current\n"
-		"                          process priority; otherwise it is 'absolute'\n"), out);
+	fputs(_(" -n <num>               specify the 'absolute' nice value,\n"
+		"                          but 'relative' when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" --priority <num>       specify the 'absolute' nice value\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" --relative <num>       specify the 'relative' nice value\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -p, --pid              interpret arguments as process ID (default)\n"), out);
-- 
2.48.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-04-17  9:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-17  9:48 [PATCH 01/10] bits: (man) normalize the markup and improve some layout Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:48 ` [PATCH 02/10] last: (man) correct the descriptions of --present and --since Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:48 ` [PATCH 03/10] last: (man) reduce an inflated table to sane proportions Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:48 ` [PATCH 04/10] rtcwake: " Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:48 ` [PATCH 05/10] terminal-colors.d: (man) reduce two tables to succinct lists Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:48 ` Benno Schulenberg [this message]
2025-04-17  9:48 ` [PATCH 07/10] renice: (man) reword several things, to be clearer, and improve some markup Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:48 ` [PATCH 08/10] lscpu: (man) don't refer to a missing section, and improve some wordings Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:48 ` [PATCH 09/10] docs: correct misspellings of "may be" and mistaken uses of "overwritten" Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:48 ` [PATCH 10/10] docs: correct mistaken uses of "overwrite" to say "override" instead Benno Schulenberg
2025-04-17  9:58 ` [PATCH 01/10] bits: (man) normalize the markup and improve some layout Robin Jarry
2025-04-24  9:57 ` Karel Zak

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