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Nice
NAME
Nice - executes a command at another task priority.
SYNOPSIS
Nice -S=STICKY/S,PRI=PRIORITY/N/K,
ABS=ABSOLUTE/S,CMD=COMMAND/F
DESCRIPTION
Nice executes a command at a different task priority.
Why? I run a file manager at task priority 1, so it
performs faster. However, any programs I launch with it
also inherit this higher-than-normal task priority, so
all my programs launched from somewhere else (eg Workbench)
run slowly (or not at all). This program reduces the
task priority before running the new program.
By default, the task priority is reduced by 3. If a
value is supplied for the PRIORITY argument, then the
prioirty will be changed by that amount instead.
If the ABSOLUTE switch is supplied, then the priority
will be taken as absolute, rather than relative. (i.e.
the current task priority will be considered to be 0>
After the command has finished, the task priority will
be restored to its former value, unless the STICKY switch
is supplied.
EXAMPLE
1. To extract myarchive.gz at a task priority 3 below
the current
Nice gzip myarchive.gz
2. To extract myarchive.gz at a task priority 5 below
the current
Nice PRI=-5 gzip myarchive.gz
3. To extract myarchive.gz at task priority -5
Nice PRI=-5 ABS gzip myarchive.gz
4. To extract myarchive.gz. (A daft example)
Nice PRI=0 ABS gzip myarchive.gz
COPYRIGHT
This program and man file is Copyright 1996 Tak Tang. You
may copy and redistribute them together provided that they
are unmodified. You may re-archive them for distribution.