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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2 index b840d35b1c0..0382dba49b0 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: getpriority.2,v 1.7 2000/10/18 05:12:09 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: getpriority.2,v 1.8 2003/05/19 19:37:28 millert Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: getpriority.2,v 1.4 1995/02/27 12:33:15 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ A zero value of denotes the current process, process group, or user. .Fa prio is a value in the range \-20 to 20. -The default priority is 0; -lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling. +The default priority is 0; lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling. .Pp The .Fn getpriority @@ -91,6 +90,8 @@ The .Fn setpriority call sets the priorities of all of the specified processes to the specified value. +Priority values outside the range \-20 to 20 are truncated to the +appropriate limit. Only the superuser may lower priorities. .Sh RETURN VALUES Since |