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slack - Spawn processes with customised timer slack
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B slack
-(get | GET)
-.br
-.B slack
-.RI ((reset\ |\ INTERVAL )
-[\-\-fatal] [--]
-.IR COMMAND ...)
+[-f] ('get' | 'GET' | ('reset' |
+.IR interval )
+.I command
+.RI [ argument ]\ ...)
.SH DESCRIPTION
If the verb
.B get
@@ -24,19 +22,19 @@ 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 .
+.IR command .
.PP
If an
-.I INTERVAL
+.I interval
is given, the process shall set the timer slack value for the process
to
-.IR INTERVAL ,
+.IR interval ,
and
.BR exec (3)
to
-.IR COMMAND .
+.IR command .
.PP
-.I INTERVAL
+.I interval
must be a positive number, optionally with a prefix. Recognised
prefixes (and units) are:
.TP
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ seconds
The default timer slack value is the timer slack value on PID 1.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B \-\-fatal
+.B \-f
Fail if the timer slack value cannot be set.
.SH NOTES
Real-time threads do not slack around.