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Very minor rewording.

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Michael Kerrisk 2006-07-22 14:07:21 +00:00
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man2/nice.2
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@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ nice \- change process priority
adds
.I inc
to the nice value for the calling process.
(A large nice value means a low priority.)
Only the super\%user may specify a negative increment, or priority increase.
(A higher nice value means a low priority.)
Only the super\%user may specify a negative increment,
or priority increase.
The range for nice values is described in
.BR getpriority (2).
.SH "RETURN VALUE"

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man2/vfork.2
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@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ function has the same effect as
.BR fork (),
except that the behaviour is undefined if the process created by
.BR vfork ()
either modifies any data other than a variable of type pid_t used
to store the return value from
either modifies any data other than a variable of type
.I pid_t
used to store the return value from
.BR vfork (),
or returns from the function in which
.BR vfork ()
@ -50,13 +51,6 @@ was called, or calls any other function before successfully calling
or one of the
.BR exec ()
family of functions.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EAGAIN
Too many processes; try again.
.TP
.B ENOMEM
There is insufficient swap space for the new process.
.SH "LINUX DESCRIPTION"
.BR vfork (),
just like
@ -89,7 +83,7 @@ but may call
.BR _exit ().
.PP
Signal handlers are inherited, but not shared. Signals to the parent
arrive after the child releases the parent.
arrive after the child releases the parent's memory.
.SH "HISTORIC DESCRIPTION"
Under Linux,
.BR fork ()