[huskerlug] Re: less processor to specific program

  • From: Carl Lundstedt <clundst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: 10 Mar 2003 12:44:53 -0600

If I understand your question: You should adjust the "nice" value of the
process.  -20 = NOT nice (Highest Priority)
          +19 = VERY nice (Lowest Priority)
see 
man nice
or
info nice

On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 12:07, Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I am encoding a DVD now into AVI. On this laptop it takes forever and it
> slows down every other task tremendously.  Can I explain the program
> somehow that it should only use provcessor time is someone else does not
> want to?
> 
> L
> 
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