/* nice.c - Run a program at a different niceness level. * * Copyright 2010 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> * * See http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/nice.html USE_NICE(NEWTOY(nice, "^<1n#", TOYFLAG_USR|TOYFLAG_BIN)) config NICE bool "nice" default y help usage: nice [-n PRIORITY] command [args...] Run a command line at an increased or decreased scheduling priority. Higher numbers make a program yield more CPU time, from -20 (highest priority) to 19 (lowest). By default processes inherit their parent's niceness (usually 0). By default this command adds 10 to the parent's priority. Only root can set a negative niceness level. */ #define FOR_nice #include "toys.h" GLOBALS( long priority; ) void nice_main(void) { if (!toys.optflags) TT.priority = 10; errno = 0; if (nice(TT.priority)==-1 && errno) perror_exit("Can't set priority"); xexec(toys.optargs); }