Name
renice
Synopsis
renice [priority
] [options
] [target
]
Controls the scheduling priority of various processes as they run.
May be applied to a process, process group, or user
(target
). A privileged user may alter the
priority of other users’ processes.
priority
must, for ordinary users, lie
between 0 and the environment variable PRIO_MAX
(normally 20), with a higher number indicating increased niceness. A
privileged user may set a negative priority, as low as
PRIO_MIN
, to speed up processes.
Options
-
+
num
Specify number by which to increase current priority of process, rather than an absolute priority number.
-
-
num
Specify number by which to decrease current priority of process, rather than an absolute priority number.
-
-g
Interpret
target
parameters as process GIDs.-
-p
Interpret
target
parameters as PIDs (default).-
-u
Interpret
target
parameters as usernames.
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