NICE(2)                  HP Integral PC                   NICE(2)
     NICE(2)                  HP Integral PC                   NICE(2)
     NICE(2)                  HP Integral PC                   NICE(2)
     NICE(2)                  HP Integral PC                   NICE(2)



     NAME
     NAME
     NAME
     NAME
          nice - change priority of a process

     SYNOPSIS
     SYNOPSIS
     SYNOPSIS
     SYNOPSIS
          int nice (incr)
          int incr;

     DESCRIPTION
     DESCRIPTION
     DESCRIPTION
     DESCRIPTION
          Nice adds the value of incr to the nice value of the calling
          process.  A process's nice value is a positive number for
          which a more positive value results in lower CPU priority.

          A maximum nice value of 39 and a minimum nice value of 0 are
          imposed by the system.  Requests for values above or below
          these limits result in the nice value being set to the
          corresponding limit.

     RETURN VALUE
     RETURN VALUE
     RETURN VALUE
     RETURN VALUE
          Upon successful completion, nice returns the new nice value
          minus 20.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is
          set to indicate the error.

     SEE ALSO
     SEE ALSO
     SEE ALSO
     SEE ALSO
          nice(1), exec(2).































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