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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:08:48 -0500
From: Goblin <h0b_g0blin@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Limiting Perl CPU Utilization...
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#!/bin/nice /usr/bin/perl

As the interpreter line works to give it a +10 nice, at least on linux.
Giving nice arguments seems to bomb. Is anyone else a guru at shabang
sematics?

On 09/27, Chris Cook rearranged the electrons to read:
> Goblin wrote:
> >=20
> > Why not just use nice? It doesn't limit the CPU, really, but makes it
> > easier for other processes to preempt the nicer process.
>=20
> OK, so how would I go about telling the .pl script to run
>=20
> nice -10 /usr/bin/perl /../cgi-bin/atdot/checkmail.pl
>=20
> instead of just /usr/bin/perl /../cgi-bin/atdot/checkmail.pl?
>=20
> Can I specify something at the top of the .pl script where it looks for
> /usr/bin/perl?
>=20
> Thanks!
>=20
> --=20
> Chris
>=20
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