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From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de>
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Hi,

> is there a way to have the system automatically use nice on all
> command-line apps during a session?  i don't want to keep typing it over
> and over every time i run a batch script or compilation.

You could either modify your scripts to use nice, or start a new shell
with an appropriate nice level. All the processes you launch from that
shell will inherit the nice level of that shell:

$ nice -20 <your favourite shell>

> compile compile compile, ... :-)

HTH,
 Simon

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