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diff --git a/usr/man/man1/nice.1 b/usr/man/man1/nice.1
index 2127c05..9c90b88 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/man/man1/nice.1
+++ b/usr/man/man1/nice.1
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .TH NICE 1 
 .TH NICE 1 

+.UC

 .SH NAME
 .SH NAME

-nice, nohup \- run a command at low priority
+nice, nohup \- run a command at low priority (\fIsh\fR only)

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B nice
 [
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B nice
 [


@@ -38,11 +39,34 @@ should be invoked from the shell with `&' in order to
 prevent it from responding to interrupts by or
 stealing the input from
 the next person who logs in on the same terminal.
 prevent it from responding to interrupts by or
 stealing the input from
 the next person who logs in on the same terminal.

+The syntax of nice is also different.

 .SH FILES
 nohup.out      standard output and standard error file under
 .I nohup
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH FILES
 nohup.out      standard output and standard error file under
 .I nohup
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-nice(2)
+csh(1), nice(2)

 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 .I Nice
 returns the exit status of the subject command.
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 .I Nice
 returns the exit status of the subject command.

+.SH BUGS
+.I Nice
+and
+.I nohup
+are particular to
+.IR sh (1).
+If you use
+.IR csh (1),
+then commands executed with ``&'' are automatically immune to hangup
+signals from the controlling terminal.
+There is a builtin command
+.I nohup
+which provides immunity from terminate, but it does not
+redirect output to
+.I nohup.out.
+.PP
+.I Nice
+is built into
+.IR csh (1)
+with a slightly different syntax than described here \-
+``nice +10'' nices to positive nice, and ``nice -10'' used
+by the super-user nices to negative priority.