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								1003.2-92  #83

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	Interpretation Number:	XXXX
	Topic:			renice
	Relevant Sections:	5.24


Interpretation Request: (Defect Report)
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Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 12:08:33 -0500

I request an interpretation of the behaviour of the renice
command as described in IEEE Std. 1003.2-1992, section 5.24.

The standard, and obsolescent command line forms can result in an
ambiguity regarding which synopsis line to use.  The command line

	renice 4 5 6

may be a "new" synopsis invocation, requesting that the processes
4, 5, and 6 be reniced by the default increment, or it may be an
obsolescent invocation, requesting that processes 5 and 6 have
their nice values set to 4.  How should this ambiguity be
resolved?

I recommend giving priority to the "new" format, i.e. processes
4, 5, and 6 will all have their nice values incremented by the
default nice increment.


IEEE Interpretation for 1003.2-1992
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The standard is unclear on this issue, and no conformance distinction can
be made between alternative implementations based on this.  This is being
referred to the sponsor.

Rationale
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None.

Forwarded to Interpretations group: 12 Nov 94
Response received: Feb 10 1995
Proposed Resoln forwarded: 13th Feb 1995
Finalised: March 28th 1995
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