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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:14:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Herb Martin <HerbM AT learnquick DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Starting cygwin processess at reduced priority?
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Herb Martin wrote:

> I tried the naive approach of running copy of cmd.exe to get "start
> /belownormal" but that didn't work and isn't realy what I want anyway.
> It would be better to have a way to just start a CygWin job in reduced
> priority.
>
> I am betting this is just ignorance on my part -- there is a command
> right?

Yes, and a very nice one... :-)  See "man nice".
	Igor
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