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+.\"	$NetBSD: nice.3,v 1.3 1995/02/27 04:35:22 cgd Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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+.\"     @(#)nice.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt NICE 3
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm nice
+.Nd set program scheduling priority
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fn nice "int incr"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Bf -symbolic
+This interface is obsoleted by setpriority(2).
+.Ef
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn nice
+function obtains the scheduling priority of the process
+from the system and sets it to the priority value specified in
+.Fa incr .
+The priority is a value in the range -20 to 20.
+The default priority is 0; lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling.
+Only the super-user may lower priorities.
+.Pp
+Children inherit the priority of their parent processes via
+.Xr fork 2 .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr nice 1 ,
+.Xr setpriority 2 ,
+.Xr fork 2 ,
+.Xr renice 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Fn nice
+syscall appeared in 
+.At v6 .