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+/* Copyright (C) 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+/* Increment the scheduling priority of the calling process by INCR.
+ The superuser may use a negative INCR to decrement the priority. */
+int
+nice (int incr)
+{
+ int save;
+ int prio;
+ int result;
+
+ /* -1 is a valid priority, so we use errno to check for an error. */
+ save = errno;
+ __set_errno (0);
+ prio = getpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
+ if (prio == -1)
+ {
+ if (errno != 0)
+ return -1;
+ else
+ __set_errno (save);
+ }
+
+ result = setpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0, prio + incr);
+ if (result == -1)
+ {
+ if (errno == EACCES)
+ errno = EPERM;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return getpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
+}