* "nice"ing processes
@ 1997-01-15 15:36 Timothy J Luoma
1997-01-15 16:58 ` Zefram
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From: Timothy J Luoma @ 1997-01-15 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
say I want to run a CPU intensive program (like gzip on a large
file) and want to do so with the least amount of impact
(cpu/whatnot).
What should I do? Running it in the background doesn't seem to
make that much of a difference.
TjL
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* Re: "nice"ing processes
1997-01-15 15:36 "nice"ing processes Timothy J Luoma
@ 1997-01-15 16:58 ` Zefram
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From: Zefram @ 1997-01-15 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: luomat; +Cc: zsh-users
Timothy J Luoma wrote:
>say I want to run a CPU intensive program (like gzip on a large
>file) and want to do so with the least amount of impact
>(cpu/whatnot).
>
>What should I do?
nice it. With nice(1).
example% nice gzip large_file &
> Running it in the background doesn't seem to
>make that much of a difference.
If you have the BG_NICE option set, jobs started in the background will
be niced automatically.
-zefram
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