On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:37:45AM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:10:15PM +0100, Francesco Cosoleto wrote:
> > Usage text old version:
> >
> > Usage:
> > renice [-n] priority [-p|--pid] pid [... pid]
> > renice [-n] priority -g|--pgrp pgrp [... pgrp]
> > renice [-n] priority -u|--user user [... user]
> > renice -h | --help
> > renice -v | --version
> >
> > Usage text new version:
> > Usage: renice [-n] priority [[-p] pid ...] [-g pgrp ...] [-u user ...]
>
> Not sure if this usage text is better. The command line format is
> -p *or* -g *or* -u.
>
> From my point of view is better to have a separate description for all
> basic modes. My suggestion is to remove the long options from the usage
> text only, for example:
>
> renice [-n] <priority> [-p] <pid> [<pid> ...]
> renice [-n] <priority> -g <pgrp> [<pgrp> ...]
> renice [-n] <priority> -u <user> [<user> ...]
>
> We use this concept for many utils and IMHO is it more readable that
> write all to the one line.
I have used this my version.
Karel
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