Ok, now I understand the problem, I gave the nice version get from a bash because in tcsh the option -v, --version and -version gave me the error "nice: Badly formed number.". I thought that was related to the bad detection of "-". "/usr/bin/nice --version" in tcsh give me the GNU version message. You have right it's a build-in command.
I fact, I just used tcsh because it's needed to build OpenOffice.org. Overwise I always use bash. I'm sorry to flood your bug system with bugs not related to GNU nice. Marc Bob Proulx wrote: >>I found the following problem with nice 2.0.11: >> > > If you would be so kind as to report the 'nice --version' output to > the list it would be appreciated. I believe you will find that it is > not the GNU version. > > >>with tcsh >> > > If you are using tcsh then you are using the tcsh built-in version and > NOT the GNU version. > > >> Marc:~/src/openoffice/oo_641c_src> nice -n -19 bootstrap >> nice: Badly formed number. >> > > I believe you will find that 'nice' is a built-in command to tcsh. I > believe you are NOT running the GNU nice program but are running the > tcsh shell built-in. > > >>nice +19 bootstrap is ok; >> >>nice -19 give me: >> setpriority: Permission denied. >> > > The tcsh man page says: > > nice [+number] [command] > Sets the scheduling priority for the shell to num- > ber, or, without number, to 4. With command, runs > command at the appropriate priority. The greater > the number, the less cpu the process gets. The > super-user may specify negative priority by using > `nice -number ...'. Command is always executed in > a sub-shell, and the restrictions placed on com- > mands in simple if statements apply. > > And therefore what you are seeing cooresponds to the tcsh built-in > nice command. What does 'nice --version' say? If it does not say GNU > then it is not. > > >>No problem with bash. >> > > Bash does not implement nice as a built-in. In the case of bash you > are probably running the actual GNU nice program. If you look at the > 'nice --version' output you will see. > > >>I hope it is not a "feature" of tcsh. >> > > Sorry, it is a feature of tcsh. Perhaps you should switch? csh was > the ultimate paper terminal command shell. But I have not used a > paper terminal in 17 years. Just for fun, here is a famous treatise > on the subject. > > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/language/versus/csh.html > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ Bug-sh-utils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-sh-utils
