Name
setpriority
Synopsis
setpriority which, who, priority
Sets the current priority
for a process, a process group, or a user.
which must indicate one of these types:
PRIO_PROCESS, PRIO_PGRP, or PRIO_USER.
who, therefore, identifies the specific
process, process group, or user with its ID.
priority is an integer number that will
be added to or subtracted from the current priority; the lower the
number, the higher the priority. The interpretation of a given
priority may vary from one operating system to the next. See
setpriority on your system.
Invoking setpriority will
produce a fatal error if used on a machine that doesn’t implement
setpriority.
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