David Diggles wrote (Friday, September 28, 2012 4:45 AM) > DESCRIPTION > Run COMMAND with an adjusted niceness, which affects process > scheduling. With no COMMAND, print the current niceness. Nicenesses > range from -20 > (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable). > > Favorable to what? It really does not explain, since it can be > interpreted in opposite ways. Please use words like higher and lower > priority.
Hello to Brisbane! Thanks for the report. "Favorable" means the kernel will favor this process before it will take "least favorable" processes into account for scheduling. I don't think the words "higher"/"lower" will bring clarity to it, maybe it'd even be worse because a higher nice number leads to lower priority. What about a stronger term like "aggressive scheduling"? Have a nice day, Berny
