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getrlimit.2: Describe the range of the RLIMIT_NICE limit 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.BR nice (2). .BR nice (2).
The actual ceiling for the nice value is calculated as The actual ceiling for the nice value is calculated as
.IR "20\ \-\ rlim_cur" . .IR "20\ \-\ rlim_cur" .
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 strangeness occurs because negative numbers cannot be specified
as resource limit values, since they typically have special meanings. as resource limit values, since they typically have special meanings.
For example, For example,