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30 .\" @(#)getpriority.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
38 .Nd get/set program scheduling priority
44 .Fn getpriority "int which" "id_t who"
46 .Fn setpriority "int which" "id_t who" "int prio"
49 priority of the process, process group, or user, as indicated by
59 The priority is maintained in a per-process basis and
60 affects scheduling of LWPs which belong to the process and use the
72 is interpreted relative to
74 (a process identifier for
83 denotes the current process, process group, or user.
85 is a value in the range -20 to 20.
86 The default priority is 0;
87 numerically lower priority values cause more favorable scheduling.
89 will schedule a process only when nothing at priority \*(Le 0 is runnable.
93 call returns the highest priority (lowest numerical value)
94 enjoyed by any of the specified processes.
97 call sets the priorities of all of the specified processes
98 to the specified value.
99 Only the super-user may lower priority values.
103 can legitimately return the value \-1, it is necessary
104 to clear the external variable
107 call, then check it afterward to determine
108 if a \-1 is an error or a legitimate value.
111 call returns 0 if there is no error, or
127 No process was located using the
134 In addition to the errors indicated above,
139 A non super-user attempted to lower a process priority value.
141 A process was located, but neither its effective nor real user
142 ID matched the effective user ID of the caller.
152 function call appeared in