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NAME
       renice - alter priority of running processes

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/renice [ priority ] [ [ -p ] pid ... ] [ [ -g ] pgrp ... ] [ [
       -u ] user ... ]

       /etc/renice priority pid [ pid ]

   where:
       priority  An integer in the range -20 to +19.  If you supply a number
                 less than -20, renice uses -20 (which puts your process at
                 the highest possible priority).  If you supply a number
                 greater than 19, renice uses 19 (lowest possible priority).
                 In the first syntax given above, you can omit priority and
                 have renice assume 0 as the default.  In the second form of
                 syntax, you must supply a priority value.
       pid       A process identification number.
       pgrp      A process group ID.
       user      A user name.

DESCRIPTION
       Renice resets the scheduling priority of one or more running
       processes.  Users other than superuser can reset the priority of
       processes they own, but only to a higher number (lower priority).
       The superuser can raise as well as lower priorities.

   Options
       -p     Processes whose process ids are specified; this is the
              default.

       -g     Processes in the specified process group.

       -u     Processes owned by the specified user.

       Useful priorities in DG/UX are:

       19        The affected processes will run only when nothing else in
                 the system wants to.

       0         This is the "base" scheduling priority.

       <0        Lower numbers make processes go faster (the lower limit is
                 -20).

EXAMPLE
            /etc/renice -10 987 -u daemon root -p 32

       Resets to -10 the priority of processes with IDs 987 and 32, and all
       processes owned by users daemon and root.

            /etc/renice -p 12488 12489 12490

       Resets to 0 the priority of processes 12488, 12489, and 12490.



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            /etc/renice 19 12488 12489 12490

       Resets to 19 the priority of processes 12488, 12489, and 12490.

FILES
       /dgux
       /etc/passwd    To map user names to user ID numbers

SEE ALSO
       nice(1), getpriority(2), nice(2), setpriority(2).

NOTES
       If you make the priority a very low number (such as -20), you cannot
       interrupt the process.  To regain control, reset the priority to a
       number greater than 0.

       Non-superusers cannot increase scheduling priorities (that is, lower
       the priority numbers) of their own processes, even if they are the
       ones who originally decreased the priorities.






































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