On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:45:59 +1000 James McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted:
>Folks, > >I have been noticing words such as 'nice values' and 're-nicing' and am >wondering what it means. > >Anyone explain it for me? > >James McDonald ============================= nice has to do with the "priority" assigned to a running process. -20 gets the highest priority, 19 gets the lowest. A process with a lower priority will yield processor activity to one with a higher value. For fuller info, check "man nice" (w/o quotes) in a terminal app. HTH, Mike -- "The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life" --Muhammad Ali _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
