Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!dsd!avsdS!avsdT:mac From: avsdT:mac@avsdS.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: New Unix Commands Message-ID: <471@avsdT.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jun-83 12:45:05 EDT Article-I.D.: avsdT.471 Posted: Wed Jun 22 12:45:05 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 12:56:38 EDT Lines: 62 FLOG(10) UNIX Programmer's Manual FLOG(10) NAME flog - speed up a process SYNOPSIS flog [ ] [ ] [ -u ] process-id ... DESCRIPTION Flog is used to cause an improvement in the performance of a process which is already in execution. The process-id is the process number of the process which is to be disciplined. The value n of the l keyletter argument is the flagellation-constant, or the number of lashes to be admin- istered per minute. If this argument is omitted, the default is 17, which is the most random number. The value m of the a keyletter argument is the number of times the inducement to speed up is to be If this argu- ment is omitted, the default is one, which is based on the possibility that after that the process will rectify its behavior by 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 overuse may have detrimental effects. Flog will read the file /have/mercy for any entry containing the process-id of the process being sped up. The file can contain whatever supplications are deemed necessary, but, of course these will be totally ignored if the u keyletter argument is supplied. Improving Process Performance by Administration of Correc- tive Stimulation, CACM, vol 4, 1657, pp. 356-654. If a named process does not exist, flog replies "flog you" on the standard output. If flog kills the process, which usually happens when the u keyletter argument is supplied, it writes "amen", followed by the process-id of the deceased, on the standard output. Spurious supplications for mercy by the process being flogged sometimes wind up on the standard output, rather than in !Funky!Stuff! echo x - tm.13 cat >tm.13 <<'!Funky!Stuff!' SEE ALSO tm (10) BUGS Works only on fridays, which are followed by a tues- day, on which corporate layoffs are announced.