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+.\"     @(#)getpriority.2	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt GETPRIORITY 2
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getpriority ,
+.Nm setpriority
+.Nd get/set program scheduling priority
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/time.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/resource.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn getpriority "int which" "int who"
+.Ft int
+.Fn setpriority "int which" "int who" "int prio"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The scheduling
+priority of the process, process group, or user, as indicated by
+.Fa which
+and
+.Fa who
+is obtained with the
+.Fn getpriority
+call and set with the
+.Fn setpriority
+call.
+.Fa Which
+is one of
+.Dv PRIO_PROCESS ,
+.Dv PRIO_PGRP ,
+or
+.Dv PRIO_USER ,
+and 
+.Fa who
+is interpreted relative to 
+.Fa which
+(a process identifier for
+.Dv PRIO_PROCESS ,
+process group
+identifier for
+.Dv PRIO_PGRP ,
+and a user ID for
+.Dv PRIO_USER ) .
+A zero value of
+.Fa who
+denotes the current process, process group, or user.
+.Fa Prio
+is a value in the range -20 to 20.  The default priority is 0;
+lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn getpriority
+call returns the highest priority (lowest numerical value)
+enjoyed by any of the specified processes.  The
+.Fn setpriority
+call sets the priorities of all of the specified processes
+to the specified value.  Only the super-user may lower priorities.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Since
+.Fn getpriority
+can legitimately return the value -1, it is necessary
+to clear the external variable
+.Va errno
+prior to the
+call, then check it afterward to determine
+if a -1 is an error or a legitimate value.
+The
+.Fn setpriority
+call returns 0 if there is no error, or
+-1 if there is.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn Getpriority
+and
+.Fn setpriority
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er ESRCH
+No process was located using the 
+.Fa which
+and
+.Fa who
+values specified.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+.Fa Which
+was not one of
+.Dv PRIO_PROCESS ,
+.Dv PRIO_PGRP ,
+or
+.Dv PRIO_USER .
+.El
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+In addition to the errors indicated above,
+.Fn setpriority
+will fail if:
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+A process was located, but neither its effective nor real user
+ID matched the effective user ID of the caller.
+.It Bq Er EACCES
+A non super-user attempted to lower a process priority.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr nice 1 ,
+.Xr fork 2 ,
+.Xr renice 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn getpriority
+function call appeared in
+.Bx 4.2 .