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nice.2: Clarify the range of the nice value, and note that it is clamped 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-11-27 16:00:43 +01:00
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@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ to the nice value for the calling process.
(A higher nice value means a low priority.) (A higher nice value means a low priority.)
Only the super\%user may specify a negative increment, Only the super\%user may specify a negative increment,
or priority increase. or priority increase.
The range for nice values is described in
.BR getpriority (2). The range of the nice value is +19 (low priority) to \-20 (high priority).
Attempts to set a nice value outside the range are clamped to the range.
.SH RETURN VALUE .SH RETURN VALUE
On success, the new nice value is returned (but see NOTES below). On success, the new nice value is returned (but see NOTES below).
On error, \-1 is returned, and On error, \-1 is returned, and