Re: Nice question: what happens to child?

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 03/27/05


Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:23:35 -0500

In article <d26r15$b9p$1@news.doit.wisc.edu>,
 Samik Raychaudhuri <samik@frKKshKll.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a question about nice which I couldn't find in 'man nice'. What
> happens to the priority of the child processes of job which was started with
> nice (to, e.g., lowest priority)?
> Thanks.
> -Samik

Child processes inherit their parents' niceness.

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