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From:	"Herb Martin" <HerbM AT learnquick DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Starting cygwin processess at reduced priority?
Date:	Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:52:12 -0500
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X-Sign-LQC:	HerbM AT learnquick DOT com/2005-09-29 12:52:21/<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>=ixwltmia

> You can also use renice to re-prioritize a running process 

Cool. Thanks.

> remember, lower numbers mean higher priority.  

Thank you -- got that from man/help/info etc.

Opposite to Win32 but that's ok since it is documented.

It was driving me crazy to have to go find the
PID and use TaskManager each time I started some
low-priority CPU intensive task.

> If it works 
> exactly like on linux of course.

I learned 'Linux' mostly from CygWin <grin>
although I do know bits and piece from Unix
(long time ago) and TiVo.  <big grin>


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Herb Martin



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