SETPRIORITY(3POSIX)

📦 version 2017a, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 SETPRIORITY 💖

okay bestie, welcome to setpriority from the POSIX Programmer's Manual — yes, the (3POSIX) one, we're in standards-land today ✨

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

so like, first things first: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so if you're on Linux, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the details of Linux behavior. Or! Plot twist: the interface may not even be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈 vibe check your platform first, fr fr.

👑 NAME 👑

setpriority — set the nice value 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/resource.h>

int setpriority(int which, id_t who, int nice);

look at her. three args. iconic.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Refer to getpriority().

that's it. that's the whole description. the standard said "go read the other page, bestie" and honestly? respect. 🫶 iykyk.

okay so legal moment, stay with me 🧚

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 💖

and here's the important bit, no cap: in the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

and that's the whole page, babe 🌈

💜 cute sign-off time: this was brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017, filed under SETPRIORITY(3POSIX) in the POSIX Programmer's Manual. go set some nice values, main character 🎀💅
📦 where this page comes from