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Re: Add "nice -10" to /etc/crontab run-parts commands?



On 31-May-99 Tommi Virtanen wrote:
> On Sun, May 30, 1999 at 10:25:29PM -0400, Shaleh wrote:
>> I wrote a program that works like test for apm.  It was given to the apm
>> maint
>> and should appear soon.  My {ana}crontab looks like this:
>> 
>> onbatt || run_heavy_job
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> onacpow && run_heavy_job
> 
>         The later will crash & burn if any script uses set -e 
>         (which is usually encouraged).
> 
>         if onacpow; then run_heavy_job; fi
> 

No, my crontab line itself uses that, so it is safe.  In a script, it is
different as you state.


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