nice
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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 num-
ber 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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