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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
commit2faeeff4c9bb77cca44a977d96c1a9fc7af8d8a3 (patch)
treecb18f664ed0ee63bee30f6af9b148510b6e9663b /lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2
parenta1096fe6dfb9dc2ec492a1421075a38d6d75bc02 (diff)
Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/getpriority.214
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2
index ef45d13bbc4e..9466435eb30a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ and
.Fa who
is obtained with the
.Fn getpriority
-call and set with the
+system call and set with the
.Fn setpriority
-call.
+system call.
.Fa Which
is one of
.Dv PRIO_PROCESS ,
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling.
.Pp
The
.Fn getpriority
-call returns the highest priority (lowest numerical value)
+system call returns the highest priority (lowest numerical value)
enjoyed by any of the specified processes. The
.Fn setpriority
-call sets the priorities of all of the specified processes
+system call sets the priorities of all of the specified processes
to the specified value. Only the super-user may lower priorities.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Since
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ if a -1 is an error or a legitimate value.
.Pp
.Rv -std setpriority
.Sh ERRORS
-.Fn Getpriority
+The
+.Fn getpriority
and
.Fn setpriority
+system calls
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er ESRCH
@@ -139,5 +141,5 @@ A non super-user attempted to lower a process priority.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn getpriority
-function call appeared in
+system call appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .