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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 ]

     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.

          Arguments are:

          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.

          Options are:

          -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        Low numbers make processes go very fast (the lower
                    limit is -20)



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     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.

               /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).

     BUGS
          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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