hmm you mean like the "emerge openoffice" that my gentoo box at home has been doing all morning?
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:08:03 +1300 (NZDT) John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Priority 19 is special, the linux scheduler knows about it and has special > code to handle it. > > Use it for batch jobs that you want to get a big fat time slice, but never > ever at the cost of an interactive job. > > eg. > > nice -19 BigFatBatchJob &> log.file& > > > > > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > New Zealand > > "The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses > between the notes - > ah, that is where the art resides!' - Artur Schnabel -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
