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Date:      Sat, 13 Dec 1997 22:34:05 -0500 (EST)
From:      Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mhv.net>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: nice question
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95q.971213223204.14952A-100000@spice.mhv.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971213204729.14842B-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>

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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> According to the man page, to nice something to a positive number you do
> this:
> nice -<number> command.
> to nice to a negative number, you do this:
> nice --<number> command

"nice 20 command" is what you want, in all likelyhood. It works under
Linux. I'd test it under FreeBSD but that machine is currently a
bunch of parts on my floor :)

Michael Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam - Religion, Philosophy, Computers, etc




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