NAME

nice − run a command at low priority

SYNOPSIS

/usr/bin/nice [ −increment ] command [ arguments ]

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

/usr/bin/nice executes command with a lower CPU scheduling priority.  The priocntl 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. 

OPTIONS

−increment If the increment argument (in the range 1−19) is given, it is used; if not, an increment of 10 is assumed. 

The super-user may run commands with priority higher than normal by using a negative increment, for example, −−10. 

If using the csh, the syntax on this man page does not apply, unless /usr/bin/nice is invoked at the beginning of the command line.  Instead, refer to csh(1) for a different nice syntax, if in the csh. 

SEE ALSO

csh(1), nohup(1), priocntl(1), nice(2)

DIAGNOSTICS

/usr/bin/nice returns the exit status of command.

NOTES

An increment larger than 19 is equivalent to 19. 

SunOS 5.1/SPARC  —  Last change: 14 Sep 1992