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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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