Name
getpriority
Synopsis
getpriority type, id
Returns the current priority for a process, a
process group, or a user. type
indicates which of these three process types to return. (The type
identifiers are system-specific. Consult the manpage for getpriority.) The
id gives the specific ID of the
corresponding process type in type: a
process ID, a process-group ID, or a user ID. The value 0 in who gives the
priority for the current process, process group, or user.
The priority will be an integer value. Lower values indicate
higher priority (negative values may be returned on some systems).
Invoking getpriority will
produce a fatal error if used on a machine that doesn’t implement
the getpriority system
call.