NICE
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: March 28, 1992
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NAME
nice - change process priority
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int nice(int inc);
DESCRIPTION
nice
adds
inc
to the priority for the calling pid. Note that only the superuser may
specify a negative increment, or priority increase. Note that internally,
a higher number is a higher priority. Do not confuse this with the
priority scheme as used by the
nice
interface.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
- EPERM
-
A non-super user attempts to do a priority increase, a numerical
decrease, by supplying a negative
inc.
CONFORMING TO
SVID EXT, AT&T, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
nice(1), setpriority(2), fork(2), renice(8)
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