setpriority(2)
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GETPRIORITY(2) NetBSD System Calls Manual GETPRIORITY(2)
NAME
getpriority, setpriority -- get/set program scheduling priority
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/resource.h>
int
getpriority(int which, id_t who);
int
setpriority(int which, id_t who, int prio);
DESCRIPTION
The scheduling priority of the process, process group, or user, as indi-
cated by which and who is obtained with the getpriority() call and set
with the setpriority() call. which is one of PRIO_PROCESS, PRIO_PGRP, or
PRIO_USER, and who is interpreted relative to which (a process identifier
for PRIO_PROCESS, process group identifier for PRIO_PGRP, and a user ID
for PRIO_USER). A zero value of who denotes the current process, process
group, or user. prio is a value in the range -20 to 20. The default
priority is 0; lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling. A value
of 19 or 20 will schedule a process only when nothing at priority <= 0 is
runnable.
The getpriority() call returns the highest priority (lowest numerical
value) enjoyed by any of the specified processes. The setpriority() call
sets the priorities of all of the specified processes to the specified
value. Only the super-user may lower priorities.
RETURN VALUES
Since getpriority() can legitimately return the value -1, it is necessary
to clear the external variable errno prior to the call, then check it
afterward to determine if a -1 is an error or a legitimate value. The
setpriority() call returns 0 if there is no error, or -1 if there is.
ERRORS
getpriority() and setpriority() will fail if:
[ESRCH] No process was located using the which and who values
specified.
[EINVAL] which was not one of PRIO_PROCESS, PRIO_PGRP, or
PRIO_USER.
In addition to the errors indicated above, setpriority() will fail if:
[EPERM] A process was located, but neither its effective nor
real user ID matched the effective user ID of the
caller.
[EACCES] A non super-user attempted to lower a process prior-
ity.
SEE ALSO
nice(1), fork(2), renice(8)
HISTORY
The getpriority() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.
NetBSD 4.0.1 April 25, 2004 NetBSD 4.0.1
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