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From: Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mhv.net>
To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
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Subject: Re: nice question
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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