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Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 18:14:26 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: Federico Spinazzi <federico AT SysPr03 DOT disat DOT unimi DOT it>
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Subject: Re: nice
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Federico Spinazzi wrote:
> 
> Does someone know if nice works on system other than unix ?
> Or it is provided only to compatibility ?

It certainly doesn't do anything on DJGPP; scheduling priorities are
meaningless on a system without multitasking.

> How can you set negative priority ?

On Unix?  You have to be root.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com