| Linux / Unix Command: nice |
NAME
nice - change process prioritySYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>DESCRIPTION
nice adds inc to the nice value for the calling pid. (A large nice value means a low priority.) Only the superuser may specify a negative increment, or priority increase.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 by supplying a negative inc.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, SVID EXT, AT&T, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3. However, the Linux and glibc (earlier than glibc 2.2.4) return value is nonstandard, see below. SVr4 documents an additional EINVAL error code.SEE ALSO
nice(1), getpriority(2), setpriority(2), fork(2), renice(8)
Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.
