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-.TH SLACK 1 SLACK
-.SH NAME
-slack - Spawn processes with customised timer slack
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B slack
-(get | GET)
-.br
-.B slack
-.RI ((reset\ |\ INTERVAL )
-[\-\-fatal] [--]
-.IR COMMAND ...)
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-If the verb
-.B get
-or
-.B GET
-is used, the current timer slack value and exit. If get is used, the
-program shall use as high prefix as possible. If
-.V GET
-is used the value shall be printed in nanoseconds but not unit shall
-be printed.
-.PP
-If the verb reset is used, the process shall set the timer slack value
-for the process to the default timer slack value, and
-.BR exec (3)
-to
-.IR COMMAND .
-.PP
-If an
-.I INTERVAL
-is given, the process shall set the timer slack value for the process
-to
-.IR INTERVAL ,
-and
-.BR exec (3)
-to
-.IR COMMAND .
-.PP
-.I INTERVAL
-must be a positive number, optionally with a prefix. Recognised
-prefixes (and units) are:
-.TP
-.BR ns ,\ n
-nanoseconds (default)
-.TP
-.BR µs ,\ µ ,\ us \,\ u
-microseconds
-.TP
-.BR ms ,\ m
-milliseconds
-.TP
-.BR s
-seconds
-.PP
-The default timer slack value is the timer slack value on PID 1.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.B \-\-fatal
-Fail if the timer slack value cannot be set.
-.SH NOTES
-Real-time threads do not slack around.
-.SH RATIONALE
-Could be useful increase the performance of your computer.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR nice (1),
-.BR ionice (1),
-.BR prctl (2)
-.SH AUTHORS
-Principal author, Mattias Andrée. See the COPYING file for the full
-list of authors.
-.SH LICENSE
-Copyright \(co 2014, 2015 Mattias Andrée
-.br
-License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
-.br
-This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
-.br
-There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
-.SH BUGS
-Please report bugs to https://github.com/maandree/slack/issues or to
-maandree@member.fsf.org
-