libexplain/nice_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/nice.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>

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Functions
int	explain_nice_or_die (int inc)

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Function Documentation

int explain_nice_or_die

(

int

inc

)

The explain_nice_or_die function is used to call the nice(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_nice(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

Parameters:

inc	The inc, exactly as to be passed to the nice(2) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see nice(2) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.

Example:

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

 int result = explain_nice_or_die(inc);

Definition at line 24 of file nice_or_die.c.