Re: process in background
2009/4/23 Matyas Sustik <debian.list@sustik.com>:
> Dear Forum,
>
> I am running a video encoding process for which I would like to use all the
> CPU resources which would otherwise be idle. I do not want this job to get
> in the way of any other processes (interactive or something like mythbackend).
>
> I tried using nice -n 19 but the result is noticably slower execution of the
> encoding job even when there is nothing else going on. (About 30-50& slower.)
>
> Is there some other process management tool that could help achieve the goal?
> Thanks,
> Matyas
After you place yor command into the background and renice it you can
check what is happeneing on your system by using the program 'top'. it
will let you know what programs are running and what resources are
being consumed by them.
Adrian
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ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
apartment it is.
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