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getrlimit.2: Minor wording fix for RLIMIT_NICE 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-12-05 08:12:03 +01:00
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@ -296,11 +296,12 @@ The actual ceiling for the nice value is calculated as
The useful range for this limit is thus from 1
(corresponding to a nice value of 19) to 40
(corresponding to a nice value of -20).
(This strangeness occurs because negative numbers cannot be specified
This unusual choice of range is was necessary
because negative numbers cannot be specified
as resource limit values, since they typically have special meanings.
For example,
.B RLIM_INFINITY
typically is the same as \-1.)
typically is the same as \-1.
.TP
.B RLIMIT_NOFILE
Specifies a value one greater than the maximum file descriptor number