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- FLOG (I) PWB/UNIX 4/1/77 FLOG (I)
-
- NAME
- flog - speed up a process
-
- SYNOPSIS
- flog [-ln] [-am] [-u] process-id...
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Flog is used to simulate an improvement in the performance of a process that
- is already in execution.
-
- The process-id is the number of the process that is to be disciplined.
-
- The value n of the l keyletter argument is the flagellation constant, ie, the
- number of lashes to be administered per minute. If this argument is omitted,
- the default is 17, which is the most random number.
-
- The value m of the keyletter argument is the number of times the inducement to
- speed up is to be administered. If this argument is omitted, the default is
- one, which is based on the possibility that after that the process will rectify
- its behavior of its own volition.
-
- The presence of the u keyletter argument indicates that flog is to be
- unmerciful in its actions. This nullifies the effects of the other keyletter
- arguments. It is recommended that this option be used only on extremely
- stubborn processes, as its over-use may have detrimental effects.
-
- FILES
- Flog will read the file /have/mercy for any entry containing the process-id of
- the process being speeded-up. The file can contain whatever supplications are
- deemed necessary, but, of course, these will be ignored if the u keyletter
- argument is supplied.
-
- SEE ALSO
- On Improving Process Performance by the Administration of Corrective
- Stimulation, CACM, vol. 4, 1657, pp. 356-654.
-
- DIAGNOSTICS
- If a named process does not exist, flog replies "flog you" on the standard
- output. If flog kill(II)s the process, which usually happens when the u
- keyletter is supplied, it writes "RIP", followed by the process-id of the
- deceased on the standard output.
-
- BUGS
- Spurious supplications for mercy by the process being flogged sometimes wind
- up on the standard output, rather than in /shut/up.
-