From be22b15ae2ff8d7fe06b6e14fddf0c5b444a95da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rgrimes Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 05:00:24 +0000 Subject: BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources --- lib/libc/gen/nice.3 | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/libc/gen/nice.3 (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/nice.3') diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/nice.3 b/lib/libc/gen/nice.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64a87c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/nice.3 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)nice.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt NICE 3 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm nice +.Nd set program scheduling priority +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fn nice "int incr" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +This interface is obsoleted by setpriority(2). +.Ef +.Pp +The +.Fn nice +function obtains the scheduling priority of the process +from the system and sets it to the priority value specified in +.Fa incr . +The priority is a value in the range -20 to 20. +The default priority is 0; lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling. +Only the super-user may lower priorities. +.Pp +Children inherit the priority of their parent processes via +.Xr fork 2 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr nice 1 , +.Xr setpriority 2 , +.Xr fork 2 , +.Xr renice 8 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn nice +syscall appeared in +.At v6 . -- cgit v1.1