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1.1     ! root        1: .th NICE II 8/5/73
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: nice \*- set program priority
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: (nice = 34.)
        !             6: .br
        !             7: (priority in r0)
        !             8: .br
        !             9: .ft B
        !            10: sys nice
        !            11: .s3
        !            12: nice(priority)
        !            13: .ft R
        !            14: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !            15: The scheduling
        !            16: .it priority
        !            17: of the process
        !            18: is changed to the argument.
        !            19: Positive priorities
        !            20: get less service than normal;
        !            21: 0 is default.
        !            22: Only the super-user may specify a negative priority.
        !            23: The valid range of
        !            24: .it priority
        !            25: is 20 to \*-220.
        !            26: The value of 16 is recommended to users
        !            27: who wish to execute long-running programs
        !            28: without flak from the administration.
        !            29: .s3
        !            30: The effect of this call is
        !            31: passed to a child process by the
        !            32: .it fork
        !            33: system call.
        !            34: The effect can be cancelled by
        !            35: another call to
        !            36: .it nice
        !            37: with a
        !            38: .it priority
        !            39: of 0.
        !            40: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            41: nice(I)
        !            42: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
        !            43: The error bit
        !            44: (c-bit)
        !            45: is set if the user requests a
        !            46: .it priority
        !            47: outside the range of 0 to 20
        !            48: and is not the super-user.

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