getprio()

Get the priority of a given process

Synopsis:

#include <sched.h>

int getprio( pid_t pid );

Library:

libc

Description:

The getprio() function returns the current priority of thread 1 in process pid. If pid is zero, the priority of the calling thread is returned.

Returns:

The priority, or -1 if an error occurred (errno is set).

Errors:

ESRCH

The process pid doesn't exist.

Classification:

QNX 4

Caveats:

The getprio() and setprio() functions are included in the QNX 6 libraries for porting QNX 4 applications; they shouldn't be used in new multi-threaded programs.

See also:

errno, sched_get_priority_max(), sched_get_priority_min(), sched_getparam(), sched_getscheduler(), sched_setscheduler(), sched_yield(), setprio()