nice(1)
nice --
run a command at low priority
Synopsis
nice [-increment | -n increment] command [arguments]
Description
nice executes command
with a lower CPU scheduling priority.
The
priocntl(1)
command is a more general interface to scheduler functions.
The invoking process (generally the user's shell) must be in the time-sharing
scheduling class.
The
command
is executed in the time-sharing class.
If the -increment (or -n increment)
argument (in the range 1-19) is given, it is used;
if not, an increment of 10 is assumed.
The user with appropriate privileges may run commands with
priority higher than normal
by using a negative increment,
for example,
--10.
Return values
nice returns the exit status of command.
References
nice(2),
nohup(1),
priocntl(1)
Notices
An increment
larger than 19 is equivalent to 19.
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004