Posted by: calande
Posted on: 2007-08-08 13:11:00
I wanted to untar a large file, and I said "Let's use 'nice' just not to use too many resources" but I got a reply on the terminal saying I can't change priority of my processes...
Why?!!
Posted by: matttail
Posted on: 2007-08-08 13:43:00
You should be able to. Contact support, Panel > Contact support.
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Posted by: Lensman
Posted on: 2007-08-08 13:51:00
Yeah, I've used nice before.
Posted by: anonymous2
Posted on: 2007-08-08 14:33:00
It's unlikely I know, but just in case, what command did you give, precisely?
Posted by: calande
Posted on: 2007-08-08 14:42:00
I typed:
%nice 19 tar xvjpf file.tbz file
Posted by: pangea33
Posted on: 2007-08-08 18:09:00
I like to be considerate too. You can't use nice because of something that has to do with launching the process. "renice" is the key. Just do a "ps" and find out the number of your bash process. Then renice the shell.
i.e.: "renice +15 2772" assuming that ps shows 2772 for your shell process.
Posted by: calande
Posted on: 2007-08-08 18:18:00
Thanks!
Posted by: Lensman
Posted on: 2007-08-08 19:04:00
or you could just type:
nice -19 tar xvjpf file.tbz file
or
nice -n 19 tar xvjpf file.tbz file
Posted by: anonymous2
Posted on: 2007-08-08 19:08:00
Getting the minus signs right can be difficult. ;-)