nice(S)
nice --
change priority of a process
Syntax
cc ... -lc
int nice (incr)
int incr;
Description
The
nice
system call
adds the value of
incr
to the nice value of the calling process.
A process's
nice value
is a non-negative number for which a more positive value
results in lower
CPU
priority.
A maximum nice value of 39 and a minimum nice value of 0
are imposed by the system.
(The default nice value is 20.)
Requests for values above or below these limits result in
the nice value
being set to the corresponding limit.
[EPERM]-
The
nice
system call
fails and does not change the nice value if
incr
is negative or greater than 39, and the effective user
ID
of the calling process is not super user.
Diagnostics
Upon successful completion,
nice
returns the new nice value minus 20.
Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned, and
errno
is set to indicate the error.
See also
exec(S),
nice(C)
Standards conformance
nice is conformant with:
X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989
.
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