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 stimulate an improvement	in the	performance
	       of a process that is already in execution.

	       The process-id is the process number of the process that	 is
	       to disciplined.

	       The value n of the l keyletter argument is the  flagellation
	       constant,  i.e,	the number of lashes to	be administered	per
	       minute.	If this	argument is omitted,  the  default  is	17,
	       which is	the most random	random number.

	       The value m of the a 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 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  totally 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  argument	 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.




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