Implement nice() for Windows

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@@ -1066,6 +1066,10 @@ random_generator=str     Fio supports the following engines for generating
 
 nice=int       Run the job with the given nice value. See man nice(2).
 
+     On Windows, values less than -15 set the process class to "High";
+     -1 through -15 set "Above Normal"; 1 through 15 "Below Normal";
+     and above 15 "Idle" priority class.
+
 prio=int       Set the io priority value of this job. Linux limits us to
                a positive value between 0 and 7, with 0 being the highest.
                See man ionice(1). Refer to an appropriate manpage for
@@ -1681,6 +1685,10 @@ log_store_compressed=bool        If set, fio will store the log files in a
                the --inflate-log command line parameter. The files will be
                stored with a .fz suffix.
 
+log_unix_epoch=bool    If set, fio will log Unix timestamps to the log
+               files produced by enabling write_type_log for each log type, instead
+               of the default zero-based timestamps.
+
 block_error_percentiles=bool   If set, record errors in trim block-sized
                units from writes and trims and output a histogram of
                how many trims it took to get to errors, and what kind