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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/nice.2')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man2/nice.2 b/man2/nice.2 index d26a1be..3e5854b 100644 --- a/man2/nice.2 +++ b/man2/nice.2 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ .\" Modified 2001-06-04 by aeb .\" Modified 2004-05-27 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> .\" -.TH nice 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH nice 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME nice \- change process priority .SH LIBRARY @@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <unistd.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int nice(int " inc ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR nice (): .nf _XOPEN_SOURCE @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ adds .I inc to the nice value for the calling thread. (A higher nice value means a lower priority.) -.PP +.P The range of the nice value is +19 (low priority) to \-20 (high priority). Attempts to set a nice value outside the range are clamped to the range. -.PP +.P Traditionally, only a privileged process could lower the nice value (i.e., set a higher priority). However, since Linux 2.6.12, an unprivileged process can decrease @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ On success, the new nice value is returned (but see NOTES below). On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno is set to indicate the error. -.PP +.P A successful call can legitimately return \-1. To detect an error, set .I errno @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ However, the raw Linux system call returns 0 on success. Likewise, the .BR nice () wrapper function provided in glibc 2.2.3 and earlier returns 0 on success. -.PP +.P Since glibc 2.2.4, the .BR nice () wrapper function provided by glibc provides conformance to POSIX.1 by calling @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD. .SH NOTES For further details on the nice value, see .BR sched (7). -.PP +.P .IR Note : the addition of the "autogroup" feature in Linux 2.6.38 means that the nice value no longer has its traditional effect in many circumstances. |