NICE

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NAME

nice - run a program with a different priority

SYNOPSIS

nice [ -# ] command [ args... ]

DESCIPTION

nice runs the given command at a changed priority. #, if given, is a new "niceness". The higher the number, the nicer the program is, i.e. the lower the priority given to it. Negative niceness values correspond to higher priorities. The default niceness is +10.

EXAMPLES

Here are a few examples:

: bg nice -20 make foo

runs "make foo" in the background at a much lower priority.

: nice --5 gulam

runs "gulam" at a higher priority

IMPLEMENTATION

Built with the MiNT library, patchlevel 19. Using a different library, or an earlier version of the MiNT library, may or may not cause problems; in particular, various constants defined in <signal.h> and <ioctl.h> will probably be wrong if you are not using the MiNT library.

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