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NAME
nice
- execute a utility with an altered scheduling priority
SYNOPSIS
[-n increment
]
utility
[argument ...
]
DESCRIPTION
runs
utility
at an altered scheduling priority.
If an
increment
is given, it is used; otherwise
an increment of 10 is assumed.
The super-user can run utilities with priorities higher than normal by using
a negative
increment
The priority can be adjusted over a
range of -20 (the highest) to 20 (the lowest).
Available options:
- -n increment
-
A positive or negative decimal integer used to modify the system scheduling
priority of
utility.
DIAGNOSTICS
The
utility shall exit with one of the following values:
- 1-125
-
An error occurred in the
utility.
- 126
-
The
utility
was found but could not be invoked.
- 127
-
The
utility
could not be found.
Otherwise, the exit status of
shall be that of
utility
COMPATIBILITY
The historic
-increment
option has been deprecated but is still supported in this implementation.
SEE ALSO
csh(1),
getpriority(2),
setpriority(2),
renice(8)
STANDARDS
The
utility conforms to
St -p1003.2-92 .
HISTORY
A
utility appeared in
AT&T System
v6 .
BUGS
is built into
csh(1)
with a slightly different syntax than described here. The form
`nice'
+10
nices to positive nice, and
`nice'
-10
can be used
by the super-user to give a process more of the processor.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- DIAGNOSTICS
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- COMPATIBILITY
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- SEE ALSO
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- STANDARDS
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- HISTORY
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- BUGS
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